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The evaluation of the skills of an applicant is not an objective matter. An employer may ask the least attractive of two applicants to show examples of his or her work and ask probing questions, but accept what is stated in the resume of an attractive applicant. I have seen two examples in the press, where extremely attractive and pleasant candidates were hired to management positions, even though part of their professional credentials were invented. In both cases with disastrous results.
An employer may also overlook personality traits that may make an applicant unsuitable for a particular position. For instance a pleasant and attractive candidate who overestimates his or her own capabilities, easily is losing focus when getting a new idea, blows the budget and fails to deliver what the rest of the organisaiton needs. I have personally experienced one example that only kept his job for half a year.
In essence, Lauren A. Rivera's work makes it entirely possible that an employer may hire someone who is attractive but professionally or personally unqualified
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