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Dress down for job interviews!
10-11-2010
Attractiveness is more beneficial for women applying for feminine sex-typed jobs than masculine sex-typed jobs, says lead researcher Professor Stefanie Johnson, from University of Colorado Denver Business School. Her research proves: Although being pretty will help those applying for secretarial jobs, for other roles in which appearance is deemed unimportant, attractive women are actually less likely to be recruited. However, handsome men are always at an advantage and never discriminated against.
Too hot for the job?
10-13-2010
An arbitration panel in New York City will have to decide if a female banker was too sexy for her job. Citibank fired Debrahlee Lorenzana for “distracting” her male bosses with her extreme beauty, and she sued. She recalls a colleague telling her that the branch was “pretty much known for hiring pretty girls,” but apparently pretty and sexy are two different things.
Women choose employers differently
10-12-2010
In waging the war to attract talent companies should take much more seriously the different expectations of men and women and their different academic background. That is the result of a study by the career network e-fellows.net, which is supported by McKinsey. Job hunting men and women share many characteristics but some factors vary considerably. Female top students for example aim much more at identifying with their future colleagues than do male high potentials. Also women actively consider whether a corporation takes its social and environmental responsibilities seriously.