2008年6月18日星期三

we would tell potential recruits

 

There was no point in applying for the Guards if you turned up looking scruffy; there was not point in applying for REME or the RE if you weren't bright enough. However, if you were bright enough and you chose both, then your physical appearance mattered because the nature of the work varied enormously. Royal Engineers were and are more physical. There is little point in being 6''7" and applying to drive a tank, you would have difficulty getting in the things.

From day one, we would tell potential recruits to "smarten themselves up" (incidentally, mothers used to be pleased as punch to have their sons told, in no uncertain terms to get various bits of jewelry as piercing, out of their bodies).

In the case of the military, this may be seen as an extreme example of appearance mattering. But it does and very much so, for the reasons you describe".

Christie Mason shared her views"I think that I do have a prejudice about hiring people. I prefer to NOT hire extremely attractive people. Attractive is good; just not extremely attractive.

Perhaps it's because I've never been extremely attractive. It probably bothered me in high school, but I don't remember it bothering me since then.

I'm just basically grateful to not have that burden. Think about what it's like to be extremely attractive. People focusing on your physical aspects and not hearing/seeing you. Focusing your resources on maintaining your physical gifts and realizing there's always going to be someone younger or more attractive no matter what you do. It's like the difference between using your resources to buy a car that decreases in value every year v/s making an investment in a financial account that grows in value every year. I like to be around people that grow, instead of depreciating.

I suspect my prejudice comes from 25 years of professional experiences. Many times attractive people are drawn to functions that reward them for being attractive. Those aren't the type of functions that I usually need to fulfill. I need people that know how to manage themselves, have the maturity to be responsible and committed, and who focus on developing their expertise, not their appearance.I've seen a lot of inappropriate situations develop from the presence of extremely attractive people. Those situations tend to not be the fault of the attractive person; their presence just seems to attract the wrong type of focus. That focus can result in strong temptations towards inappropriate connections or unethical processes.

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