Female job applicants far more likely to be judged on appearance, study finds

According to a new survey, it turned out that employers analyzing social media profiles of job seekers are more likely to judge women's appearance and male content.

Researchers at the University of Western Scotland analyzed groups of male and female ocular movements, reviewed several Facebook profiles and asked each person to judge whether there are potential candidates.

The research team found that the group judged female candidates mainly based on their appearance and they tended to form opinions on male candidates based on the content of the profile page.

"When evaluating female candidates, there are many people who rely on photography to judge the quality of both male and female candidates," said psychology lecturer Graham Scott. To conduct research

"Look at the name first, then see the picture Finally, see the latest posts and friends When evaluating male candidates, both male and female are named, a profile, a recent I am interested in posts and friends. "

Dr. Scott stated that the findings published in the Journal of Human Behavior Computers could have a significant impact on people entering job hunting activities. "Social media relies more than ever as a potential candidate or employer, as many people get degrees, it is difficult to distinguish candidates," he says It was.

"Having a strong image and content may be the difference between getting a job and not being invited to an interview."

Participants in this study were asked to rate some people's social media profiles and decide whether they would like to be friends.

Researchers discovered that male and female were evaluated in the same way in this part of the experiment. They also discovered that pictures are more important than words in judging fitness of people.

The second research aims to reproduce the findings of Study 1 on the effect of "Beautiful Beast". Specifically, we test the extent that attractive female applicants are deemed less suitable for positive work and the appearance of these jobs is less important than unappealing female applicants. Using the worksheet data from survey 1, we identified the work of men (automobile salespersons) whose appearance was evaluated as important and the job of men (prison guards) who were evaluated that the appearance is not important . We chose feminine work (secretarial) where the appearance is not important (social worker), one of which was valued as important (secretary).

Physical appeal deviation in employment fitness assessment: track beauty beast effect

According to the survey, clothing and appearance are more important for women than men. Surprisingly, some studies have found that the physical attractiveness of women when applying for management positions is actually disadvantageous. Being subconsciously pinned to a stereotypical woman and therefore not suitable for the boss's job, beautiful applicants seem to have a low rating. Female leaders face these impossible judgments all over the world. Esther Duflo, an economist at M.I.T., was studying India Since the mid-1990s India has been seeking female leaders in one-third of village committees. By objective criteria, Professor Duflo and colleagues discovered that women manage the village better than men. For example, women construct and maintain a well and reduce bribery

The most famous and recent academic research comparing male and female judges has found that female judges are more likely to decide to support plaintiffs sexed at work than in men. However, this study was an unreleased paper by Mr. Christina L. Boyd, Lee Epstein, and Andrew D. Martin, and no differences were found in lawsuits involving disabled persons, environmental problems, and death penalty.

In the 2016 survey, while female job seekers severely judged overweight candidates for women and men, male job seekers are more severely overweight women candidates than overweight male candidates I understood that I evaluated it. Sonia · Orefice, professor at Surrey University, the main author of this research, says: Press release at the time. "The size of the body is important for wages and it is not a synonym for beauty."