If you want the job drop the neckline

29 June 2016 - 09:11 By ©The Daily Telegraph

Wearing a low-cut dress in a job application photograph dramatically increases a woman's chances of securing an interview, new research suggests.A French study indicated that female applicants were 19 times more successful in securing job interviews when pictured in revealing clothing rather than more conservative attire.Sevag Kertechian, a researcher based at Paris's Sorbonne University, decided to research the impact clothing had on the recruitment process after realising it had never been studied.As job advertisements came up over a period of three years he put two women forward for the roles.Both had similar looks and near identical skills and experience on their CVs but were dressed differently in their application photographs, with one wearing a low-cut dress and the other in round-neck clothing."Low-cut dresses significantly influenced the choice of the recruiters, even for accounting positions."Regardless of the job, whether it is saleswomen who face the customers or office-based accountants, the candidate with the low-cut clothing received a more positive answer," Kertechian said. "The results were not necessarily surprising."..

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