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Attractive = attractive

It is crazy. Being attractive only opens doors, it rarely shuts them. The earlier poster who complained about not getting hired due to a lack of "challenge" needs to understand a blow-off when he hears one and truly take it at face value. The employer was most likely *not* looking for someone who would come in and immediately start looking up.

I attribute the questioner's comments to narcissism or as the article author rightly asserts: "...accustomed to the advantages bestowed by their physical appearance, tend to expect doors to open."

Roy Anderson of VA @ Jun 13, 2008 15:38:00 PM

It's not crazy at all

I'm an attractive 28-yr-old male, and I know for a fact that hiring managers will not hire someone intimidating -- and an attractive physical appearance can be intimidating. After scoring near perfect on an aptitude test for a position and nailing the interview, the hiring manager stated that, "you probably wouldn't be challenged enough by this position." I was (and to a point still am) a recent university graduate. Am I to think that hiring managers seek candidates with less aptitude for certain positions? (This wasn't McD's either. It was a very attractive entry-level marketing position.) This is hardly the only example of my unintentional intimidation of interviewers. It's merely the most convincing, as he tipped his hand with that offhand remark. People high-up in organizations tend to believe that the criteria that each and every hiring manager uses to evaluate a candidate (consciously or not) are altruistic, which is an absurd notion. I see that the author of this article with her (most likely) 6-figure salary has adopted this perspective and its corrupted attitudes. Good luck to all who are victims of status-induced myopia.

Ouch of NY @ Jun 13, 2008 15:12:56 PM

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