The bias towards good-looking candidates

The bias towards good-looking candidates exists, with research supplanting a supposed inherent inclination to impartiality in hiring managers. We all have biases; it is the way our brains work to make sense of the world around us. The key is to raise these biases to a conscious level and to create awareness and understanding about them, in order to prevent them inappropriately affecting our decision-making”, says Caroline Rawes, Chief Talent Officer at Ashurst.