A researcher told Newsweek: 'If we really want to live in a meritocracy, we need to start having a conversation about what that actually would look like.'
Employers judge the social status of prospective employees just seconds after hearing them speak for the first time, according to researchers who say this could affect job prospects and salary.that the idea that the U.S. is meritocratic—encapsulated by the American Dream—adds to the"willful ignorance that Americans exhibit regarding the relative lack of actual economic mobility in society.
To investigate how signals of social class might help or hinder job hunters, researchers at the Yale School of Management carried out five studies involving hundreds of people. The final part of the study saw researchers ask 274 people with hiring experience listen to 20 job candidates, from a range of social classes in the New Haven area ofThe respondents were more likely to think a candidate was competent and fit for a job if they were perceived to be of a higher social class. They were also more likely to give them a better starting salary and signing bonus, compared with those regarded as lower class.
Next, the work needs to be replicated across sectors with varied samples and more hiring staff and applicants, Kraus said. Researchers might, for instance, study countries like the U.K."where class distinctions based on speech have had a longer history," he said.
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