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?

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

: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

I think I did in my own passive-aggressive way virtually

[ChuckeRN, BSN, RN]

I have a face made for radio and I got a job. Am I an anomaly?

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

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

Don't believe the self-deprecating tone---I've met Vida, and she is very cute! I would have hired her myself if I'd had work for her to do, but that's because she presents herself as competent, enthusiastic, and eager.....not because she's visually appealing.

[SeeTheMoon]

Dang it!! I knew I should've gotten that boob job!

[Nato408]

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

Its so funny that you said that because I came across an ad for a job posting that litterally asked for the most recent picture of the applicant lol

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Dang it!! I knew I should've gotten that boob job!

:hpygrp::cheers:

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Its so funny that you said that because I came across an ad for a job posting that litterally asked for the most recent picture of the applicant lol

Yikes That is SAD !!

[cogath]

You know what? I don't doubt that looks play a role in hiring. However, I have been testing a theory. I have glasses that I sometimes wear to see far distances, my vision is good without them, so I hardly wear them. Well whenever I wear them to interviews, the interview goes much better and I end up getting the job! When I don't wear my glasses, I haven't ever gotten a job.

I wonder if employers think that glasses=smarter, more docile, more reliable, thus more hirable. So maybe it's not attractiveness but something else.

[wooh, BSN, RN]

Well the only interview I ever had that did NOT get me a job offer was a telephone interview... Must be true!!!

But really, getting the job is the easy part. Once you get hired, all the fat, old and ugly nurses eat you just because you're young and beautiful!

[Poi Dog]

Being mighty purty like will open them doors right on up.

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

Don't believe the self-deprecating tone---I've met Vida, and she is very cute! I would have hired her myself if I'd had work for her to do, but that's because she presents herself as competent, enthusiastic, and eager.....not because she's visually appealing.

Yeah I would agree with this statement!

[Poi Dog]

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

I am thinking of those dreaded headshots a company called Glamour Shots used to produce. Everyone I knew who did one looked so 80s.

:redpinkhe