Is this the reason you're not hired? What accents say to perceptions
How you speak, falls into your audience's accent bias even in dictating job prospects, level of attractiveness, intelligence, and even friendliness.
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How you speak, falls into your audience's accent bias even in dictating job prospects, level of attractiveness, intelligence, and even friendliness.
Amid reports that 6 in 10 people believe that others had made subconscious judgements about them based on their accent.
This is amid reports that six in 10 people believe that others had made subconscious judgements about them based on their accent or how they speak.
Amid reports that 6 in 10 people believe that others had made subconscious judgements about them based on their accent or how they speak (62%), with accent bias dictating job prospects, level of attractiveness, intelligence and even friendliness - it is clear that dialects can shape various aspects of daily life.1-3 With this in mind
Amid reports that 6 in 10 people believe that others had made subconscious judgements about them based on their accent or how they speak (62%), with accent bias dictating job prospects, level of attractiveness, intelligence and even friendliness - it is clear that dialects can shape various aspects of daily life. With this in mind