If you work in a job where your duties involve dealing with the general public, then it is certain that you will have to wear an ID badge. The explanation for this is very simple: while it is considered polite to address the customer as Mr./Miss/Mrs., they are supposed to be able to call you by your first name for easier communication.

Unfortunately, this also allows the consumer to complain about you if necessary but that's life! As such, you need to find an ID badge holder that clearly displays your name at all times. It is a fact that most companies like to buy name badges in bulk and these ID cards are just plain nasty. However, you don't have to grin and bear it. You can take a look at the variety of beaded lanyards for badges available.

A lanyard is so much better than the alternatives. There are the pin-on name tags that have your name in a slip of paper placed behind a protective plastic covering. These are quite depressing to wear as they are devoid of any charm and make their wearer appear the same. These are ideal for someone who is keen to fit into the ‘dull accountant' stereotype. Some companies will go wild and give you a color coded ID badge holder to signify that you are part of a particular section. These would be favored in the hotel industry for example to distinguish the bar staff from the restaurant workers. As you can imagine, this is still hardly the height of independence.

What you will get with beaded lanyards for badges is a combination of practicality and fashion sense. Their uses are many and varied. In terms of being an ID badge holder, it works by being a cord that is attached to the ID card. Then it is placed around your neck so the card cannot be lost and your name is still visible to the customers. And there is no need to be worried about the necklace being trapped in anything thanks to the feature that ensures the lanyard breaks apart if pulled on hard.

Then comes the whole issue of looking good. With the aforementioned plain ID badge holders, it is virtually impossible to appear as anything other than just another name on the payroll. Customers will be unable to tell you apart from another member of staff. Cynics will tell you that this is the company's way of making their employees interchangeable as the whole idea of uniform is to instill discipline within the ranks.

Well, if you wear something like the Nancy Beaded Lanyard from BooJee Beads you can go against the grain and look fabulous. Not only that, the company cannot discipline you in any way because you are still adhering to their dress code as your ID is visible.

Don't come into work in a plain old vinyl ID badge holder. Be an individual and display your colorful side with any one of the vast number of beaded lanyards for badges available online.