Using Your Voice to Get the Dream Job
New
York: Instead of resorting to a conventional
written resume, sending your prospective employer a videotape recording of your
professional credentials may increase your chances of getting hired, new
research shows.
A
resume hghlighting your professional credentials and experience could pique the
interest of a prospective employer, but it is your voice that may actually help
you land the job, the study said.
"In
addition to communicating the contents of one's mind, like specific thoughts
and beliefs, a person's speech conveys their fundamental capacity to think -
the capacity for reasoning, thoughtfulness and intellect," said Nicholas
Epley, professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The
researchers found that when hypothetical employers and professional recruiters
listened to or read job, candidate's job qualifications, they rated the
candidates as more competent, thoughtful and intelligent when they heard the
pitch than when they read it -- even when the words used were exactly the same.
As
a result, they liked the candidate more and were more interested in hiring them.
"When
conveying intelligence, it is important for one's voice to be heard -literally,
Epley said.
In
a series of experiments, the researchers asked a group of MBA students to
develop a short pitch for the job candidaites to the company for which they
would most like to work. They created written pitches and spoken pitches
(videotaped).
Evaluators
who heard the pitch reported liking the candidate more and were significantly
more likely to hire that person.
Even
professional recruiters were more likely to hire the candidates whose pitches
they could hear than those whose pitches they read.
The
study is forthcoming in The Journal of Psychological Science.
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