I support appearence with one question, if you can answer, you can understand your value. question is: Hope you all know about the 1st impression is the last impression & first 30 seconds denotes your 80% of selection result. Appearence means How do you wear, manage yourself, express yourself & sometimes it also includes your body language. So if you are bad in these, Can you force to an interviewer to continue your questions where you will explain your skills ?
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Santosh Kr. Gupta, Business Development- International Market,
| 06 17 2011 10:01:09 +0000
appearance is very essential because as the saying goes "first impression creates a lasting impression". a person who comes unshaven, not properly dressed and does not conduct himself properly gives d idea of being casual and this is not wat any company wants. Skills are secondary, wats d use if a person is good in skills but not good in appearance.
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srirang gollerkeri, Senior Recruitment Specialist with AimPlus Staffing Solutions
| 06 17 2011 07:10:53 +0000
I think appearance is most important because first thing that you will notice is the appearance.Moreover if candidate is unable to present himself then what's the use of knowledge.
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piyush sharma, Software Engineer, ANMSoft Pvt. Ltd.
| 04 07 2011 17:00:32 +0000
I think Appearance wins over Skills while Hiring. Skills can be developed at any stage of Life but Appearance is one thing which reflects ones personality.
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Michael Daniel, Resource Consultant, Concorde Management Consultants
| 04 07 2011 10:41:36 +0000
Applicant appearance is must. According to my view, the applicant should be qualified to perform the job. The applicant should have employment goals. The applicant should be enthusiastic. The applicant should be prepared for the interview. The applicant should communicate the strengths. The applicant should sell him or herself.
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Madhavananda M, HR Executive, People Tech Group
| 04 06 2011 12:52:25 +0000
Well said...Karthik...Ferrari has no use without fuel...but the Tatas are in collaboration with MIT to run cars on Water...so in future we may really not need fuel to run that beauty...What am saying is that you can always develop your skills in due course but its harder to change your appearance permanently even if you go for a cosmetic change...with side effects... Skills are important to the extent he/she can get the work done...but to upgrade your skills, even ppl. with bad appearance need to work towards it...in certain functional areas like, marketing &sales, if you have a good-looking m/f standing in front of you, you would certainly fall prey to their looks rather than look out for their skills...in some cases...but vice-versa, may not work at all...in most of the cases... A model can certainly make you buy a Ferrari without fuel in 5 secs, because you dont mind paying extra bucks for the fuel separately...for the model, in fact....but a commoner will still find it hard to sell that same commodity with fuel in it because you have an excuse of not having a deeper pocket to fetch that commodity...
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Saibal Ray, SQA, confidential
| 01 09 2011 09:25:55 +0000
Appearance does add a bonus to the hiring process......... but its not an all in all. The recruitee needs to be assessed every angle......lest, you may miss out on really worthy candidates.
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Nirmala Roberts, Prof & HOD, Nitte
| 01 09 2011 02:11:37 +0000
Apperance is important.Persons who are competent & self confident dress well and project a good apperance.
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J R Mohan, HR Consultant
| 01 08 2011 07:03:53 +0000
Skills are not visible when you avail an opportunity to get hired by any organization however you do get noticed because of your appearance as the first thing that any one notices is ones presentable attitude so I would go for Appearance as knowledge/skills can be figured out in the course of interview or screening process. For a Fresher I would say Appearance is a must however for a Seasoned individual Appearance would complement the Skills.
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SOUMYADIPTA MAJUMDAR, HR Executive, RAMEL INDUSTRIES LTD
| 01 08 2011 05:33:14 +0000
Appearance do matter a lot as it depicts what kind of personality a person possess even though this fact is contradictory.
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Michael Daniel, Resource Consultant, Concorde Management Consultants
| 01 07 2011 17:51:14 +0000
If we talk about the first impression, then its definitely the Appearance.But for the long run its the skills and the ability of the candidate thats important.
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Shikha Bogra, Proprietor / Principal Consultant, Shikhar Management Consultants
| 01 07 2011 14:45:04 +0000
For my way I would say skills are more Important then Appearance.Appearance is not nessery too good,just good enough.
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Jagadeesh Sangem, MCA
| 01 07 2011 11:01:05 +0000
I would say.. than appearance, candidate presentability matters as it speaks about the individual's attitude towards life/work.
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Kavitha A Nair, Resource Manager, Logica
| 01 07 2011 06:25:52 +0000
It is most important. You are making the first impression..mind it !!
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Suryanarayan Murthy, Free lancer
| 01 06 2011 09:26:09 +0000
More than appearance the attitude of the candidate accounts.
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Shyamaladevi Natarajan, Executive - HR & Admin, Infastech Fastening Technologies India Private Limited
| 01 06 2011 09:09:02 +0000
Experience counts more than appearance
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Gayathri , HR Executive, Integra Software Services Private Limited
| 01 06 2011 05:37:18 +0000
In an interview, an appearance is like the first impression u creat. Bottomline, if I do not appear proper and able, my interviewer may not delve into my skills and abilities full heartedly. Afterall, its your one opportunity to make yourself stand out in a crowd.
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Mallika Chakravartti, Learning & Development Specialist, Sutherland Global Services
| 01 05 2011 14:55:24 +0000
depends on the company you are hiring for ,the hospitality and healthcare MNCs for their top ranked jobs require pleasing and fair employee,while IT companies give a pass on technical knowledge...
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Suyashi , HR Recruiter/Consultant
| 01 05 2011 11:25:28 +0000
Skill & appearance in perfect combination are important
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sagarsidhu , HEAD HR, MBD GROUP
| 01 05 2011 07:16:49 +0000
in the currrent senario interviewer r expecting mostly appearance only
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9047834793 , marketing, spectranet
| 01 04 2011 16:09:21 +0000
Appearence matters a lot when it comes to hiring as today skills can be aquired.Appearence makes a big difference in personality of that person and many things can be read as to what that person holds
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SHASHANK SHEODE, AREA SALES MANAGER, INDOCO REMEDIES LTD MUMBAI
| 01 03 2011 18:11:00 +0000
Apperance is important as such appereance doesn't mean that you shold look beautiful or like that it means you shoul be in formal dress-up & your body langauge should support you professional attitude.
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Arti Yadav, HR-Recruiter, Confidential
| 01 03 2011 10:06:45 +0000
I disagree with anamika as appearance does not matter what we need is good communication and technical skills and face is not index to getting a job but what inside the brain is
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kasi viswanathan, Senior Project Manager
| 01 03 2011 06:40:23 +0000
You are primarily hired for your skills. But if you dress like a slob or a pig then you may not be wanted. You have to interact with society. There appearance, personal hiegiene, etc. matter
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V. Srinivas, Freelancer, Information Technology
| 01 03 2011 06:37:05 +0000
Skills alone or appearances alone cannot take one places...Even if one cracks the interview based on one's terrific skills would he/she be able to sustain in such a thriving and competitive environment where chances are that maximum people are judging u on ur looks!!Skills give you the edge in performance but decent looks gives one acceptability in the corporate world.
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Anamika Singh, Client Partner, FranklinCovey
| 01 03 2011 06:13:13 +0000
APPEARENCE IS BEST WAY TO JUDGE A CANDIDATE /APPLICANT AS YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR SELF SHOWS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE . SAME WILL REFLECT YOUR WORK . SO YOU CAN NOT SEPERATE THE APPEARANCE FROM HIS WORK IN TOTALITY IT EFFECTS.
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rakeshbhatnagar , GM Projects., wig brothers india pvt.ltd.
| 01 02 2011 10:24:40 +0000
SKILLS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN APPERANCE
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cmsrinivas , Sales/BD Manager-Debt Instruments, leading NBFC
| 01 02 2011 06:12:27 +0000
AS YOU START TO INTRACT WITH INTERVIEWER SKILLS IS MOST IMPORTANT TO CRACK INTERVIEW.
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ANISH KUMAR, Relationship Executve ,Opulence Distribution Services Pvt Ltd.
| 01 01 2011 17:08:23 +0000
both appearance and skills are important.first impression matters a lot.its natural tendency of human being to perceive people by their outlook.But from the start of interview,when we start communicating,handling tasks,performing job,the most important thing is SKILL
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Gagan sharma, Marketing Manager, Pellini India
| 01 01 2011 09:28:38 +0000
Sir, these thinks sounds better but in real world do you think this happens , Ok tell me you will buy a ferrari having scratch marks , not well painted or with some defects..........I think you will not.......
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Jitender Kumar, MBA/PGDM student, Kurukshetra University PG Regional College
| 01 01 2011 08:26:04 +0000
First impression is always best impression...The way one present themselves, proves their confidence level and their commitment/attitude towards the work. Attitude is more important than skill set, without which one cannot survive in the long run...
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Sridhar S, Business Technologist
| 12 31 2010 20:20:42 +0000
skill and appearance both are important.
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AKHILESH PANDEY, BCA student, UPTEC
| 12 31 2010 16:39:23 +0000
I Think Apperance Is Very Important As Somebody Has Rightly Said First Impression Is The Last Impression.Its Your Appreance which impress others your skills comes next.........
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Jitender Kumar, MBA/PGDM student, Kurukshetra University PG Regional College
| 12 31 2010 09:18:41 +0000
Appearance plays an important role in selection. Appearance sans common sense drives you out. One needs to develop all-round personality in order to score a point in interviews!
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 12 29 2010 15:11:48 +0000
I would think both are important depending upon the profile, If you are hiring for Accounts & Finance. skills are more important than Appearance ,If you are hiring for Marketing kind of jobs apperance is more important
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sudarshan reddy, Asst. Manager - FP&A, IBM Global Business Services
| 12 29 2010 14:48:31 +0000
I agree. Look is equally important if he or she has to present themselves.
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Nagaraj Nayak, GM- GBS Business Advisory Operations Americas Group -India F&A CoE, IBM
| 12 28 2010 18:50:08 +0000
Skills are given!! Unless the person is skilled he would not be sitting in the chair. The appearence of the people around also has an influence on the environment as a whole.
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Sunil Attarde, Entreprenuer/owner, Weasel Systems Pvt Lted
| 12 27 2010 10:01:15 +0000
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Nice debate. Going by appearance is being very superficial. A person who takes a lot of care in getting dressed and in looking good is just superficial. It does not indicate anything about the person's skills. It just indicates that this person is very fashion conscious, that's all. A person must be presentable. According to me, "Presentable" means, the interviewee should have taken a bath, should be wearing clean & pressed clothes (regardless of fashion or cost), and if they can afford it, some nice body spray. That's all. There is no need to be overly fussy about appearance. Skills are really important. However, because of so many facetious and superficial people in many important positions, my suggestion to job seekers is that they should take some care with their appearance.
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Isaac Madhavan, R & D Manager, Test prep company
| 06 17 2011 13:18:43 +0000
I support both of them. In one way, What SriRang said is correct. But, The skills are very important for the Applicant. If the person is having the Excellent Skills then automatically the HR who is going to hire will definitely impressed by his/her skills. Then, the apperance is not that much mandatory, it will develop once he/she is in.
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Sai Kumar P, J2EE Trainee Developer, INGENIUM IT PVT. LTD., Bangalore
| 06 17 2011 08:41:47 +0000
Your appearance might get you just second look, but looks certainly cannot get any one a job. Job is given to the person sitting in front of you & not to his looks. In any case no one has any control over his/her appearance; which is God given Important thing is not looks but good personality & skills.
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Sarwan Singh, Freelancer, Management & Strategy Consulting
| 06 17 2011 06:11:28 +0000
Appearance, Body language does matter a lot, but above all its One's SKILL SET which stands out as a decisive factor..
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Mohammed Sarfaraz Alam, Team Lead - Process Design & Quality Control, Powertech Automation Solutions
| 04 07 2011 12:18:46 +0000
Skills are more important. But the way the applicant present himself is far more important. Coz that shows the attitude of the person towards the job. Absolutely not the beauty of the person
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John Rambo R, Senior Analyst, Alp Consulting Ltd
| 04 07 2011 07:18:50 +0000
Skill should be given more importance over appearance, as it is nothing to do with appearance when a skill set is required.
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SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd
| 02 04 2011 08:38:43 +0000
I too feel that more than appearance your skills matters the most.
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anuradha , NECC Ltd.
| 01 09 2011 14:07:45 +0000
Though we say First impression is the last impression, to last it skills are very important. Appearance shows the external part of the body but skills shows the internal part of the body.
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ravindra g rathod, MBA/PGDM student, symbiosis institute of telecom management
| 01 06 2011 10:04:42 +0000
Both appearance and skills are very important while going for interview.
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Shankar , CEO/MD/Director, Infosearch bpo Services
| 01 05 2011 09:52:49 +0000
Skills are basic need of any job.. Even appearance will matter a lot, as there will be many people having skills, but you need to separate yourself from the rest.
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Vinayak Hegde, Asst. Director/Director, VARCHAS Education And Management Pvt Ltd
| 01 05 2011 08:27:35 +0000
Skills are more important unless and untill you are selecting Hero or Heroine for film projects
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Rajesh Kumar, Senior HR Executive, GoldenGrass
| 01 05 2011 05:14:38 +0000
well, it always depends upon the nature of job profile to decide whether appearance is important or skill, but I feel both are not mutually exclusive since the appearance also to certain extent represent skill of the person. However in general appearance is passport for entry it is further the knowledge and skill or the internal personalilty of a person that makes much difference and is obviously more important. I can attribute 10% to appearance and 90% to knowledge & skill because it is knowledge X Skill that makes ability. Thanks.
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Ghanshyam Srivastava, HR & Legal Manager, AKS Infratech (India) Pvt. Ltd. at Raipur
| 01 04 2011 07:12:55 +0000
Old adage says "You are welcome by your appearance and seen off by your knowledge" Words may differ, means same. While apperance is also required for certain jobs like receptionist, sales / marketing etc, other back end jobs, talent that is to be looked for 90%
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Gopala Krishnan.H, CMD, DJA-Inc
| 01 04 2011 06:33:38 +0000
Skill is very important,and appearance is also important while hiring new candidate.
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Geetha D, HR Manager, Nirantara Community Services
| 01 04 2011 04:31:27 +0000
According to me skill is more imp than apperance, bcz while doing job skill matters more.
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Anjali Bhagwanrao Kharte, HR Executive, Autoancillary industry
| 01 04 2011 04:11:52 +0000
That completely matters on Nature of Job. I mean no matter how you look , when it comes to a BPO Sector job i.e indirect interaction among people. and Vice versa !!
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Jay Saraswat, Senior Business Development Executive at Wildnet Technologies Private Technologies.
| 01 03 2011 22:02:54 +0000
Good appearance is an advantage though in today's corporate environment but one cannot survive on looks alone and skills are very essential.
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Krupa Deepika, HR Executive, Satyam BPO Ltd
| 01 03 2011 18:06:40 +0000
I fully Agree it will depend what for we are hiring
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Vidhu Dar, CEO/MD/Director, Shiva's Retreat
| 01 03 2011 13:50:50 +0000
Sitting still and wishing makes no person great.The good Lord sends the fishing,but you must dig the bait.Gold is of no value until it is worked and mined out on the ground.A man of words and not deeds is like a flower bed full of weeds.Hence skills ride over appearance.
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Anup Kumar Acharya, AGM -HR, Steel Authority of India
| 01 03 2011 13:14:20 +0000
skills are very important bcoz through appearance may be u can have the best job but to maintain that and to give best in it u need skills so as there is no such alternative for hard work there no alternate of skills..
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sherry walia, HR Executive, Beetal
| 01 03 2011 12:04:42 +0000
It depends on the role for which you recruit. For Business promotional jobs such as Sales/Marketing a product or a Country manager of various operations, Hospitality jobs etc appearance does matters but, for field work or for hands-on-the -job , skills are valued rather than appearance.So the purpose for which the applicant is likely to be used does decide the preferance.
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KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed
| 01 02 2011 13:50:33 +0000
Both are important. Appearance definitely plays an important role but it becomes useless if an individual is not skilled. Thus skills are far more important.
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Suresh Prasad Gupta, Freelancer, Pharmaceuticals
| 01 02 2011 11:13:37 +0000
Considering time span can able to utilize entire skill set put into that place rather than apperence
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JAGADEESAN S, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Project Consultant
| 01 02 2011 10:35:09 +0000
skills are far more important as an individual is there to prove himself in a corporate world with his abilities and capabilities..but appearance is a second preference to be given..
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RAHUL BATURA, Software Developer, Infodart Technologies INDIA Limited
| 12 30 2010 22:59:14 +0000
This question highly demands diplomatic answer. Skills is the basic requirement for you to be eligible for the position and the looks and professionalism takes you longer ie it gives you an added advantage. given two people with equal skills, anyone would normally prefer the good looking person.
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RENJITH K K, HR Officer, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited [HPCL]
| 12 28 2010 19:37:05 +0000
I feel it depends on the kind of job the person is in. If a person is in IT or Finance field, he/she should give more value to Skill than apperance. On the other hand, if a person is into Marketing or Sales, he/she give the value first to apperance and then Skill. So I belive this go hand in hand, but its depends on the kind of job the person is in.
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Md. Rizwan Akhtar, Research Associate/Analyst, Shore Infotech India Pvt. Ltd.
| 12 28 2010 04:29:52 +0000
Skill is very important
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Naveen , Sr.Accounts Executive, Digital Nirvana Information Systems I Pvt Ltd
| 12 28 2010 04:11:38 +0000
While I agree that skills, in the final analysis are far more important, appearence also is important. This question should be worded a bit differently. An employee who takes the trouble to appear well tells me that he has respect for what he does and takes it seriously.
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RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants
| 12 28 2010 03:43:02 +0000
Both are important.It is more dependent on for what position is the person being hired for.
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Thulasidharan , H R Executive, Crowne Plaza Bengaluru Electronics City
| 12 28 2010 01:42:08 +0000
According to me … Skill and appearance both have their own importance…. Based on the position we are hiring for… we should give importance …. for example if we are hiring for software development or technical or research or where logic is required then skill is most important than appearance… even though appearance plays a vital role but skill is most important for development/technical/research or logical job coz a person’s appearance can be developed if he/she has required skills .. for development/ technical etc position we can give second preference to appearance not to skill… Other side if we are hiring for sales or marketing or like that job then appearance is most important … when hiring for these jobs, we can give second preference to skill… by candidate’s appearance we can make out how is he/she organized and person is all about which is very important for sales or marketing kind of job…. After appearance we can give importance to skill for these kind of hiring…
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Akhilesh Kumar, HR Officer, Hayat Communications
| 12 27 2010 10:43:22 +0000
My vote goes to "Skill are far more important", although appearance plays a major role in selection process but if a person is skilled he should requires a very little time to change his appearance,but at the same time unskilled requires much more time to be skill.i really agree that appearance would be your entry step but it is only skill who takes you higher and higher.
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Gaurav Malviya, Manager, bentley systems
| 12 27 2010 09:16:03 +0000
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