Who ever thought we’d get to the stage where we were quizzing people on their underwear?! Yet here we are at this prestigious point. Actually, these particular undie enquiries are linked to a survey, conducted by law firm Peninsula, about the superstitious habits of job candidates. Apparently 60% of job searchers said that they had lucky underwear, which they will wear to interview and 84% said that this extended to other items of clothing, i.e. lucky shoes.
There were a number of other items that job seekers insist on carrying with them for good luck including key rings, jewelry, four-leaf clovers and so on. All in all it looks like British candidates are a rather superstitious bunch when it comes to career moves. Others admitted to things they had to do before an interview and 70% said that they checked their horoscopes.
But is this all just a little bit of fun, a quaint eccentric tick? Could it be that these little superstitions may actually be keeping us from the job we’re applying for? Peter Done, the managing director of Peninsula said that he was “amazed at how superstitious people are; one employee we spoke to took wearing lucky underwear to the extreme claiming his briefs are so lucky that he refuses to wash them.”
He claimed that people who checked their horoscopes before an interview needed “a reality check. Your star sign is not going to determine how you perform [.]” But could missing some aspect of these routines actually hinder our performance? Who knows, as for me, I’ll stick with listening to the ‘power tracks’ on my MP3, thank you very much.
Do you have any interesting routines before an interview? How about lucky pants?!?
There were a number of other items that job seekers insist on carrying with them for good luck including key rings, jewelry, four-leaf clovers and so on. All in all it looks like British candidates are a rather superstitious bunch when it comes to career moves. Others admitted to things they had to do before an interview and 70% said that they checked their horoscopes.
But is this all just a little bit of fun, a quaint eccentric tick? Could it be that these little superstitions may actually be keeping us from the job we’re applying for? Peter Done, the managing director of Peninsula said that he was “amazed at how superstitious people are; one employee we spoke to took wearing lucky underwear to the extreme claiming his briefs are so lucky that he refuses to wash them.”
He claimed that people who checked their horoscopes before an interview needed “a reality check. Your star sign is not going to determine how you perform [.]” But could missing some aspect of these routines actually hinder our performance? Who knows, as for me, I’ll stick with listening to the ‘power tracks’ on my MP3, thank you very much.
Do you have any interesting routines before an interview? How about lucky pants?!?
