Extremely attractive people are less likely to get hired due to hiring bias - Study. Has anyone faced it before?
It seems there is a hiring bias against attractive people. But there are studies that also say,attractive people tend to have more resources than the rest of the lot.Hmmm.
It's moderated by the gender of the hiring 'manager' and also conflicts with existing research-- although I haven't read the actual paper so there may be differences in approach that explain the differences.
But still, overwhelmingly there is a bias towards attractiveness-- as even the linked article points out.. you are better off being attractive than not in almost all walks of life.
@pknein There is a bias shown by male managers towards beautiful female candiates who are preferred, but male managers cannot take handsome men with whom they are biased against. Also, Female managers are biased against beautiful female candidates. Yes, I agree, overall its a net positive being attractive. But its functionalities might not be applicable in the job market and could even be a handicap.
@johntomSWPhd it is applicable.. there are other studies that show a hiring bias towards attractive candidates - although those too are more nuanced than just "attractive is good". But on the larger point of general benefit of attractiveness:
