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"  The not-at-all shallow masterminds behind the dating site BeautifulPeople.com are at it again: This time, they&amp;#039;re playing matchmaker for employers. In case you&amp;#039;re not familiar with the site&amp;#039;s premise: Basically, you submit an application and are subsequently judged on your looks before you&amp;#039;re allowed up put up a profile. (Only one in seven applicants are accepted on the site, which boasts about 750,000 members. BTW - who wants to be on this?!) The site&amp;#039;s just-launched job listing service maintains that, &amp;quot;an attractive face is always a great first impression for any business.&amp;quot;  Certainly, in some industries looks do matter, like if you&amp;#039;re a club promoter or one of those girls who frequents bars to give out free shots of Jack Daniels. But encouraging any and all businesses to focus on beauty over brains could be detrimental to the companies themselves\u2014sure people can be good-looking and smart, but finding the best possible person to do the job, regardless of bone structure and hair quality, should be the goal.  Plus, the idea that, in 2013, there&amp;#039;s a job site that just focuses on the superficial is kind of depressing in a downfall-of-modern-society kind of way. I don&amp;#039;t know about you, but I would never want to be hired for a job based solely on my looks (unless I had the body of a swimsuit model and Sports Illustrated called me up, of course).  But, in all seriousness, no matter how hot you are, being valued only for your looks is sorta...what&amp;#039;s the word I&amp;#039;m looking for? Oh right, depressing. Because, as we all know, pretty doesn&amp;#039;t last forever.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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