Show Me The Money? Show Me Your Shoes First, Say Recruiters

You’re never fully dressed without a smile? Maybe, but a new study indicates that recruiters are actually looking much lower—at your feet, in fact.

According to The Great American Shoe Survey, recently conducted by men’s shoemaker Allen Edmonds, potential bosses are looking at shoes much more critically than young men are—which might have some frustrating consequences for male jobseekers.

Survey results say 80 percent of hiring managers reported that shoes are “extremely important” to one’s interview appearance—but only 51 percent of young men say they wear appropriate shoes to interviews. (And we’d be willing to bet that a certain portion of that 51 percent is mistaken about the appropriateness of their interview footwear.)

Hiring managers indicated that shoes are more indicative of a man’s attention to detail, confidence, and business culture fit than attire.

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Also, men seem to be fussier about shoes than women; 44 percent of male executives think young men wear appropriate shoes in business formal settings, while 54 percent of female interviewers think so.

The good news from a patriotism standpoint? The study found that 80 percent of executive men and 69 percent of young professional men prefer to have their shoes made here in the United States.

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