Importance of Executive Good-Looks?

                           

Selecting executives primarily for their good looks is well-known. It’s an unfortunate fact of business life, as it is in politics.

                           

Top business executives often get where they are. This is particularly so, it appears, when it comes to women.

                           

For men, the taller and handsome they are, the more advancement they achieve. With attractive women, however, being too pretty translates as dumb, especially among blonds.

                           

This is unfortunate but my experience in the business world has taught me that too many recruiters look for shortcuts when evaluating talent among prospects.

                           

All forms of prejudices, including good looks, simplify those shortcuts. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)