Study: Attractive women should omit photos from job applications

Attractive men – as was expected – were more likely to be invited for an interview if they included a photo, and ugly men were better off not including one. But for women, the results were reversed. Good-looking women were less likely to be offered an interview when they included a photo in their application than plainer women. In fact, an attractive woman would need to send out 11 CVs on average before getting an interview, while an equally qualified plain one just seven, said the report…

In the Israeli study, 93% of those tasked with inviting applicants for an interview were female. “The researchers’ unavoidable—and unpalatable—conclusion is that old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates,” said The Economist.