Research Study Reveals Weight Discrimination in Hiring
When we read about this study published in Germany, we cringed. After all, it’s a grim reminder of packaging and how that may trump relevant skills and experience.
Case in point: German researchers showed 100+ HR professionals photos of people without identifying their occupations. The HR folks ended up underestimating the prestige of the occupations for obese individuals. Wait, it gets better — they overestimated it for people who appeared to be average in weight. So, their perceptions were distorted across the board.
Plus, obese candidates were more frequently disqualified from being hired and even working their way up into a supervisory role.
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