"... attractive job candidates get called back 36% more often than unattractive ones,....
10.3 % of the attractive fictional candidates got called, compared with 7.6% of the unattractive candidates — and attractive people got called sooner. Attractive member of both sexes benefited from the beauty advantage."
Here are two earlier posts on related topics:
Do looks matter? (Yes, good looking workers get paid more even when taking other factors into account)
From The Life Is Not Fair Category: Better Looking, Tall, Thin People Make More Money
2 comments:
I have heard that certain levels of attractiveness improves morale in the office environment. Perhaps when a really attractive woman is hired in a male dominant work place, they become more competitive to impress.
Interesting point. You might find this article interesting
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/beautiful-women-make-skateboarding-more-dangerous/21848
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