When look does matter
Just recently, I received a mail from a friend and read her whimperings from home. Ho ho!
So there she was complaining about how her brother was recruiting staff into their new office and all, and I couldn’t stop thinking the next morning to blog about that issue. What happened was when both of the siblings were recruiting new staff into their company, she had had different opinions on some of the candidates from of her brother’s.
As I was once told - a degree tells employers that the candidate has the brains he or she was born with; work experience tells them that he/she’s ready be put to use. So what other factor(s) that will get a person a job rightaway? I don’t know the the exact answer to that but what my friend had been bitching about was that at some point of time, appearance does matter. There were two candidates applying for the secretary post, J and K. What was mentioned was J has this sharp tone of voice and she has this manja (corny?) attitude and she was overshowing this particular personality of hers over to the employers/interviewers. Then, there was K, a mere ordinary down-to-earth looking lady who did not put as much make-up as J, but a good resume attached to her (as was described). When the evaluaters discussed with the rest, apparently most of them voted to get J employed, rather than K. One of the ladies mentioned that J has a more distinguish appearance and she knows how to make herself look good compared to plain K. Just that? A plain Jane and that already kicks the idea of employing someone who has more experience and useful resources. It’s not that J did not have the experience totally. Unfortunately, despite the resourcefulness that K exhibit through her resume and recommendations from previous employers, with a “less distinguish” looks for a secretary, she did not get her desired job. Also, that’s how a company had to put in more money to train a less experienced employee.
So when looks and appearance matter as much as experience and a degree, just in time, who knows… employers will just have to click on the mouse and that’ll automatically transfer the information to contact the potential candidate at his bed with a buzz in the morning to say “Congratulations, you are academically qualified, experienced enough and passed the handsome limit test to work in our company. You may come in to start your job immediately.”
The next time, selecting a proper employee will be in a standard format as such that it’s hassle-free, paperless and conveniently just with a click on the mouse.
