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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.


Link below.

https://careers.workopolis.com/advice/can-you-be-too-attractive-to-get-hired
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SwampFlower · 31-35, F
I think the relationship between attractiveness and hireability would be curvilinear. They won't hire you if you're too ugly either, because it poorly represents the company. They have done studies on that. I guess too attractive would make you some kind of perceived threat.
johntomSWPhd · 36-40
@SwampFlower Yes, perceived threat is what the studies are alluding to.Yes, agree .You just have to be average, even ugly is bad.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
@johntomSWPhd I didn't read the paper you linked 😂

I would like to see a paper that tests that threshold. Is there an optimal level of attractiveness?
johntomSWPhd · 36-40
@SwampFlower Its not in this paper, this paper is pretty basic.I read it somewhere else.Some commentators below has alluded to it. Well, there is noo threshold I guess.Something to do with facial symmetry.