ERIC Number: EJ1160062
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Publication Date: 2017
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Good Looks and Good Practice: The Attitudes of Career Practitioners to Attractiveness and Appearance
Yates, Julia; Hooley, Tristram; Bagri, Kiren Kaur
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v45 n5 p547-561 2017
Empirical evidence attests the impact that career image has on objective career success, yet little is known of how career practitioners conceptualise and operationalise this information. This article presents the quantitative findings of an online survey of career practitioners (n = 399, 74% female, 89% white and 75% from the U.K.) exploring their attitudes and practices towards issues of appearance and attractiveness. Career practitioners who participated in this survey acknowledged that beauty, self-presentation and interpersonal skills influence career success, and 96% of them considered conversations about career image as part of their professional remit. The career practitioners felt relatively comfortable and well informed in their discussions in this arena, but would welcome further guidance and training to inform their practice. Ethical and practical implications for the profession are considered.
Descriptors: Interpersonal Attraction, Career Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counseling Techniques, Online Surveys, Statistical Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Success, Least Squares Statistics, Regression (Statistics)
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Language: English
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