More attractive grads have better chances of getting hired?

[AddisonLawrence03]

online there's this study that claims more attractive/pretty people are more likely to get hired for jobs and are generally more well liked and treated better. does anyone believe this is true? anybody works in the hr department know of any sitautions where nurses got hired because they were pretty/had a symmetrical face?

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

so thats why everyone loves me and I had job offers falling from the sky at every step i took.

[AngelicDarkness]

lol This is news to me! I'm just a plain new grad, but I got hired because I bugged the heck out of my local DOCs and HRs, and networked my way into my job:)

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Aren't there online reports that Elvis is hiding in the Mojave desert???

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

There is a lot of research on this topic that seem to support the conclusion that generally, attractive people have an easier time at everything, not just the job search. It's interesting work.

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

so thats why everyone loves me and I had job offers falling from the sky at every step i took.

Me too, you can vouch for my super model stunning good looks!!! How could they not hire me!!:lol2:

[Orange Tree]

That sounds about right. I doubt it's systematic, though. You won't find any hard-evidence cases where it's "the" deciding factor.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Me too, you can vouch for me that it is for my super model stunning good looks!!! :lol2:

Forget resume's..... just send head shots

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

On a serious note, I do see where their can be some truth to this. Just human nature and all that. But I think a lot more goes into it and that maybe "good looks" might play a very small roll. What is good looking to some is not attractive to others. There are movie stars that people drool over and I just can't see the appeal. Some I find really good looking and others don't agree.

[OhioCCRN, MSN, NP]

I wish lol! no really.... :)

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

Forget resume's..... just send head shots

HAHA funny enough a couple years ago there was a poster bragging about how good looking she was and how she includes a head shot on her resume. She was complaining though that nursing is full of fat ugly people and how hard it is for her because of how beautiful she is.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

HAHA funny enough a couple years ago there was a poster bragging about how good looking she was and how she includes a head shot on her resume. She was complaining though that nursing is full of fat ugly people and how hard it is for her because of how beautiful she is.

:barf01::barf01::barf01::barf01::smackingf:rotfl::rotfl:

Don't you just want to grab 'em by the shoulders and scream in their hollow heads that mankind could live without them