If you are good looking?

If you are good looking then you surely have an edge over any other average looking person, especially if the interviewer is of the opposite sex, revealed a study. According to a study, hiring practices are dramatically influenced by a bias towards attractive interviewees in terms of high and low status job packages being offered. The study was led by Carl Senior and Michael J.R. Butler of the New York Academy of Sciences. "When someone is viewed as attractive, they are often assumed to have a number of positive social traits and greater intelligence," said Carl Senior and Michael J.R. Butler. They added: "This is known as the 'halo effect' and it has previously been shown to affect the outcome of job interviews."

The researchers looked at how the halo effect influenced a mock job negotiation scenario where male and female interviewers were made to see pictures of attractive or average looking male and female job applicants

Interestingly, it was found that the female interviewers assigned attractive looking male interviewees more high status job packages as compared to average looking men. They also preferred attractive men over attractive women and gave them more high status packages. Similarly, average looking men also got more low status jobs than average looking women. However, male interviewers were not biased in the number of high or low status job packages that were given to attractive looking interviewees of either sex. Infact, overall, the male interviewers gave out more status job packages.

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