Appearance is a word born in the Internet era. It is a measure of a person's appearance. With the advent of the Internet era, the importance of appearance has gradually become more prominent. I look ugly, what should I do? During the interview, I felt that I would be rejected at any time because of my poor appearance... Because of my poor appearance, I felt unpopular in the workplace... Anxiety about appearance gave birth to Cosmetology and plastic surgery industry. More and more people hope to improve their appearance through plastic surgery so as to gain greater competitiveness in the workplace. Is appearance really important to a person's career development? Is good looks an advantage in your career?

1. Good appearance will indeed gain you points, but it also depends on your ability

Everyone has a love for beauty. It is undeniable that people of the same age who are good-looking are often more popular among the opposite sex. Moreover, in terms of school age, students with good looks are often more popular among boys and girls. We often see in the news "So-and-so's most handsome courier", "So-and-so's most handsome traffic policeman", "So-and-so's school campus", etc., which shows that people are paying more and more attention to appearance.

Appearance is just a criterion, so it is not absolutely important or unimportant, it depends on the position. The understanding of this sentence is that if appearance has an impact on the performance of this position, then it is very important; if the impact is minimal, then it is not important. Just like communication skills are important for a position that requires frequent communication with people, but are less important for positions that only require dealing with machines. The eternal standard for enterprise employment is to meet the requirements of the position. When a company decides to recruit a person, it must be hoping that the person will be able to complete the work tasks of the position. This is the first element. Everything else is a secondary consideration.

2. Different genders have different effects of appearance on career

A study conducted by researchers from University College London and the University of Maryland in the United States found that after four experiments in the workplace, Men with outstanding looks have a harder time getting promoted in the workplace because colleagues are reluctant to promote men who are more handsome than them. Studies have found that good-looking men appear to be quite competitive and are therefore often viewed as a threat by their superiors. But at the same time, it is easier for them to be included in a team and accept the command of the leader as a secondary figure. Therefore, the possibility of being assigned to good-looking men, such as sales and investment jobs that extremely showcase individual talents, is relatively low. But women don’t need to worry. This study also found that beautiful women do not receive this treatment, and their bosses do not associate their appearance with their work ability.

In China, there was once an article called "Beauty Economics in China's Labor Market: Does Body Shape Matter?" "The paper became popular on the Internet. The paper stated that: for every 1 kilogram increase in a woman's weight, her salary income will decrease by 0.4%; for every 1 centimeter increase in height, a woman's salary will increase by 2.2%. According to surveys, body shape has little impact on men’s employment and income, but it has a significant impact on women. The biggest impact is on women in the middle-income class. Women in the low-income and high-income classes who are obese will not have a big impact on their wages, but women in the middle-income class who are obese will see their wages drop by about 10%. The differences between men and women caused by the impact of appearance on career are caused by differences in social roles, division of labor, etc. In terms of physiological structure, men are strong, and strength is a male characteristic; while women are gentle, and beauty is a female characteristic. From this point of view, it also makes others pay less attention to men's appearance, while women have higher requirements in this regard.