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Gen Z is smart. If you can look good, which isn't hard to do when most resumes have no photo, I have no doubt you'll get ahead. 20/20 episode on "lookism": ht

Gen Z is smart. If you can look good, which isn't hard to do when most resumes have no photo, I have no doubt you'll get ahead. 20/20 episode on "lookism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfRRmFC4-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfRRmFC4-c TL;DR of the video: Good looks will get you hired, make you more money, and make people think you're smarter.

Aloha 7y ago
The privilege of beauty. It's a thing I've reckoned with my entire life, though I only really realized what it was in the last 5 years.
- Jedi72 7y ago
  I gave been waiting #HotPrivilege or equivalent to become a trending hashtag since this whole privilege-acknowledging affair got started.
- ravenstine 7y ago
  We all understand it, but many of us aren't as conscious about its extent. I only became truly cognizant of the privilege of beauty when I lost weight; I don't think people who have been skinny their whole lives can fathom just how different people treat you if you're overweight.
bboygravity 7y ago
Totally agreed. Isn't this a super open door though? I mean: Tinder? LinkedIN? Instagram? Sales? Marketing? This isn't exactly a new discovery in the sales and marketing world is it? And since getting a job = sales...
- ravenstine 7y ago
  It's not a new discovery for people in marketing and sales, but the average person hasn't been capitalizing on their looks until fairly recently. 10 years ago, I don't remember encountering any resumes with photos. Even at my last job when we were hiring for a new engineer, we didn't get a single resume with a photo.
pseingatl 7y ago
Why do real estate agents, in contradistinction to other professionals, put their picture on their business cards and marketing materials?
- bboygravity 7y ago
  Because real estate agents are marketing / sales people. And sales people (unlike other non-sales professions) have figured out that a photo on a business card is a smart thing to do? I also do this as an EE (Europe area). It just seems very intuitive[0] to me that people would be more likely to remember a face than just a name on a card after whatever brief meeting (especially in a market where this is not a common thing to do). I sure do. I'm horrible with names anyway. [0]to be totally fair: I have read quite a few business, marketing and sales books. My favorite is probably the classic "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini. Second would be "Predictably irrational" by Dan Ariely. Main take away: influencing / selling and getting hired have surprisingly little to do with knowledge, education and IQ. It is more (all?) about human social dynamics and "predictably irrational" human psychology. Case in point: Trump. Think about it.
  - pseingatl 7y ago
    In the hiring process, the candidate has to be a marketing/sales person whose product is himself. Hence, there's nothing wrong with including a picture on your resumé, but many Americans are horrified at the idea because of the threat of discrimination.
kart23 7y ago
Theres a reason most good looking people are rich.

Aloha 7y ago

The privilege of beauty. It's a thing I've reckoned with my entire life, though I only really realized what it was in the last 5 years.

Jedi72 7y ago
I gave been waiting #HotPrivilege or equivalent to become a trending hashtag since this whole privilege-acknowledging affair got started.
ravenstine 7y ago
We all understand it, but many of us aren't as conscious about its extent. I only became truly cognizant of the privilege of beauty when I lost weight; I don't think people who have been skinny their whole lives can fathom just how different people treat you if you're overweight.

bboygravity 7y ago

Totally agreed. Isn't this a super open door though? I mean: Tinder? LinkedIN? Instagram? Sales? Marketing? This isn't exactly a new discovery in the sales and marketing world is it? And since getting a job = sales...

ravenstine 7y ago
It's not a new discovery for people in marketing and sales, but the average person hasn't been capitalizing on their looks until fairly recently. 10 years ago, I don't remember encountering any resumes with photos. Even at my last job when we were hiring for a new engineer, we didn't get a single resume with a photo.

pseingatl 7y ago

Why do real estate agents, in contradistinction to other professionals, put their picture on their business cards and marketing materials?

bboygravity 7y ago
Because real estate agents are marketing / sales people. And sales people (unlike other non-sales professions) have figured out that a photo on a business card is a smart thing to do? I also do this as an EE (Europe area). It just seems very intuitive[0] to me that people would be more likely to remember a face than just a name on a card after whatever brief meeting (especially in a market where this is not a common thing to do). I sure do. I'm horrible with names anyway. [0]to be totally fair: I have read quite a few business, marketing and sales books. My favorite is probably the classic "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini. Second would be "Predictably irrational" by Dan Ariely. Main take away: influencing / selling and getting hired have surprisingly little to do with knowledge, education and IQ. It is more (all?) about human social dynamics and "predictably irrational" human psychology. Case in point: Trump. Think about it.
- pseingatl 7y ago
  In the hiring process, the candidate has to be a marketing/sales person whose product is himself. Hence, there's nothing wrong with including a picture on your resumé, but many Americans are horrified at the idea because of the threat of discrimination.

kart23 7y ago

Theres a reason most good looking people are rich.