Well I somehow doubt it is the tattoos. I live in the USA and have a RN license, and after I graduated nursing school it took me 2 YEARS to find my first nursing job. It is not just me either. Half of the people in my nursing school class who graduated with me had to look for a year or longer before someone would give them their first nursing job. I’m currently unemployed right now because I had to quit my job due to pregnancy (back when I was pregnant). It was my second nursing job.
My first nursing job laid me off after about seven months due to a corporate take over. The second job I left due to pregnancy. I had only been there eight months, and in the USA, you don’t qualify for maternity leave until you’ve worked at a place for over a year, so when the doctor ordered me on bed rest I was forced to quit that job. I could return to work at the former second job now that my baby is 3 months old, but there are no openings on any of the shifts that I am available to work, so I am back to square one now. I am pounding the pavement job hunting, and getting turned down once again because “not enough experience” or “too much experience” (too much when I apply for things like phlebotomy positions). It is hard getting a job when you have no connections. I know a lot of nurses who are unemployed and looking for work. I’m tied into a house mortgage so I cannot just pack up and move.
My point being, the economy stinks right now. I don’t know how the economy is where you live, but it could be just that. Good luck to you.