Good looking candidates bag jobs
New research claims that attractive people have a better chance of securing a job.
This is according to HireScores.com a recruitment agency which quizzed over 1,000 bosses to reveal that 67% admitted to being more inclined to give an attractive person a job.
When asked the question: "Would you hire a candidate who had equal academic strengths as another, but was better looking?" two thirds of bosses said yes, with a further 9% admitting that they had hired some based purely on the way that they looked.
When asked the question: "Do you think that those who are more attractive make better employees?" a third, 34%, said yes with just over half of these admitting that they thought that the most attractive employees were likely to be the most confident in the workplace.
Yet despite the findings the majority (81%) say that the ability to do the job is still the most important factor that affects a candidate’s employability with qualifications following just behind (73%). Social skills is in third place (71%), whilst hygiene polled last (61%).
Lisette Howlett, managing director of HireScores.com said: "It's very important to look at all the factors when you're looking to employ someone, regardless of what job it is for. The hiring decision needs to take everything into account, motivation, attitude, short and longer term business needs and whether the candidate has the best ability to do the job."
She continued: "Whilst I do worry that many employers would perhaps subconsciously employ someone who is easier on the eyes, it doesn't always make practical business sense.”
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