Comments on: The Beauty Premium? http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Sukumar Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:46:28 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/#comment-1298 Jaskirat, Thanks for articulating your views. You're right we generally tend to favor confident people. That's what the research I pointed to from the Slate article shows and our experience confirms that. The problem is that beautiful people generally tend to come across as confident and we end up hiring them because of our subconscious preference for confident people. This is the reason I think we also prefer taller people - the Warren Harding error. Jaskirat,
Thanks for articulating your views. You’re right we generally tend to favor confident people. That’s what the research I pointed to from the Slate article shows and our experience confirms that.

The problem is that beautiful people generally tend to come across as confident and we end up hiring them because of our subconscious preference for confident people.

This is the reason I think we also prefer taller people - the Warren Harding error.

]]> By: Jaskirat http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Jaskirat Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:13:09 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/#comment-1297 My take at this is that since most of the time when you require people you have prerequisites to be fulfilled and that means the person in front of you (imagine: interview) surely has got his basic funda right. And that is why I think when you are selecting beautiful-confident people, although they might not be best of the lot, they sure will do for the work. Besides you wouldn’t want people with no self confidence, since they are a complete no-no (well actually depends on what you are looking for heh). But then sometimes there is also a correlation with confidence and work , people who are more confident are more likely to take up more risk and succeed rather than their confidence lacking counterparts. My take at this is that since most of the time when you require people you have prerequisites to be fulfilled and that means the person in front of you (imagine: interview) surely has got his basic funda right. And that is why I think when you are selecting beautiful-confident people, although they might not be best of the lot, they sure will do for the work.
Besides you wouldn’t want people with no self confidence, since they are a complete no-no (well actually depends on what you are looking for heh). But then sometimes there is also a correlation with confidence and work , people who are more confident are more likely to take up more risk and succeed rather than their confidence lacking counterparts.

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Sukumar Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:46:55 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/#comment-1286 Thanks Jaskirat. Why don't you write what your guess is, as to why it seems to work? Thanks Jaskirat. Why don’t you write what your guess is, as to why it seems to work?

]]> By: Jaskirat http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Jaskirat Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/#comment-1285 Yeah thats what I meant, that the beauty - confidence link is very plausible. Chances of tripping I have no Idea :) Since this seems to be happening and it seems to be working to say atleast 50 percent , I can only guess to why it actually seems to work ... :) Yeah thats what I meant, that the beauty - confidence link is very plausible. Chances of tripping I have no Idea :)
Since this seems to be happening and it seems to be working to say atleast 50 percent , I can only guess to why it actually seems to work … :)

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Sukumar Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:30:49 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2007/12/23/the-beauty-premium/#comment-1279 Thanks Senthil for the accurate reference. Thanks Senthil for the accurate reference.

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