Advice to U.S. job seekers: drop the Merlot
Advice to U.S. job seekers: drop the Merlot
Aug 10, 2010 6
(Reuters) - Job applicants who drink alcohol are perceived as less intelligent and less hireable by American bosses, a bias dubbed the "imbibing idiot bias" in a study published on Monday. In a series of six related experiments, researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania found that an association with alcohol caused observers to "expect cognitive impairment" in a job seeker.
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