Does beauty matter when it comes to getting a dream job?

Should we aim to score a non-threatening seven out of 10, looking not too hot or too plain at work? Vicki Notaro asks if one woman’s controversial theory holds any truth.

ON a scale of one to 10, how would you rate your own looks? Being the self-deprecating kind that we Irish are, it’s unlikely we’d score ourselves very highly.

However, according to author and former JP Morgan banker Michelle Miller, if we want to be taken seriously in work, we should be aiming to score around a seven out of 10 in the aesthetic department.