vvvslaxman Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 It pays not to be too attractive if you're a woman looking for a job By Sean O'Grady 4:30 PM Tuesday Apr 19, 2011 Attractive women are better off omitting their photograph from a CV as it decreases their chances of a getting a response by 20 to 30 per cent, a study has found. Photo / Thinkstock Looks matter if you want to get a job - but it may only help you if you're a handsome man rather than a pretty woman. According to research presented at the Royal Economic Society's conference this week, good-looking women are being discriminated against by female recruiters. Attractive women are better off omitting their photograph from a CV as it decreases their chances of a getting a response by 20 to 30 per cent, the study found. Two Israeli academics, Bradley Ruffle and Ze'ev Shtudiner, sent more than 5000 CVs for over 2500 advertised job openings. For each application they sent two CVs, one without a picture and the other containing a picture of either an attractive-looking man or woman or a plain-looking man or woman. The economists found that 20 per cent of the attractive men received a response to their applications, compared with 14 per cent of men who did not include a picture and nine per cent who had less-than ideal looks. However, attractive women were called to be interviewed for a position less often than both plain-looking women or women who had no picture on their resume. Women who attached no picture to their CV were 22 per cent more likely to receive a response than women with a plain picture - and 30 per cent more likely than women with an attractive picture. The researchers then conducted a post-experiment survey in which they spoke to the person at the company who screens candidates. That person was female in 24 of the 25 companies they interviewed. "Moreover, these women were young and typically single (67 per cent), qualities more likely to be associated with a jealous response when confronted with a young, attractive competitor in the workplace," the researchers wrote. "Indeed, the evidence points to female jealousy of attractive women in the workplace as a primary reason for their penalisation in recruitment." This helps to explain the double standard. They added: "These findings on penalisation of attractive women contradict current psychology and organisational behaviour research on beauty, which associates attractiveness with almost every conceivable positive trait and disposition." The economists worked in Israel because including a photograph with a job application is seen as normal there. Doing so is rare in Britain, which may be just as well for the more comely female job hunters. Carmen Watson, managing director of recruitment at Pertemps Recruitment Partnership, said: "I'm not even aware of people putting their pictures on their CVs. I couldn't remember the last time we saw one. At the end of the day, we are looking for the right people for the right job and the right job for the right people, irrespective of gender." - INDEPENDENT By Sean O'Grady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I didn't know that people included photos with their resume or CV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Why did they spend all that time researching this - Looks a no-brainer to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaku Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Yay :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Yay :D That's disappointing to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 In other news water is still wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 That's disappointing to know. :hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadoo Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Speaking from first hand, me and my FD interviewed quite a few people for a management accountant role, in the end it came down to which girl was the fittest, every office needs a bit of eye candy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 That's disappointing to know. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Why on earth would anyone put a photo on their CV? Photo and Date of Birth are a definite no - no. Date of Birth, I used to till recently, now no longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaku Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 That's disappointing to know. :giggle: :icflove: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Misleading heading.Just say women are jealous.If the screening people were guys ,all the hot ones would be at an advantage. How are people allowed to waste money on such BS research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramzz Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My boss rejected a hot Lebanese secretary I had short listed last week and then this week...he hired her to be his secretary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC2011INDIA Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My boss rejected a hot Lebanese secretary I had short listed last week and then this week...he hired her to be his secretary! :woot: Ya I have noticed similar things in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson87 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My boss rejected a hot Lebanese secretary I had short listed last week and then this week...he hired her to be his secretary! My dad did the same, wait a minute.....:(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My dad did the same' date=' wait a minute.....:(([/quote'] :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson87 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 :omg: April Foooooolsssssssssssss :aha: :aha: :aha: :hysterical: :aha: :aha: :aha: Too easy:--D :bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 My dad did the same' date=' wait a minute.....:(([/quote'] The joke's on you watto :hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shivani Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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