Your Smile – A Powerful Job Hunting and Career Tool

The fact that your future is in somebody else’s hands is sufficient to cause anxiety

A successful career depends on many things. Obviously, you need the skills and you have to be a good match for the respective position.

Confidence, however, is also vital both in terms of job hunting and career establishment. Feeling confident depends on many things and your appearance is one of those. As shallow as this may seem, people will judge you on the basis of your looks. In fact, first impressions matter a lot.

A brighter and well-aligned smile can give you a much-needed boost to enhance your professional career, whether you need to attend an interview or you’re seeking a promotion.

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Reasons why your smile could affect your career

Did you know that people who have a beautiful, confident smile are 20 per cent more likely to get a job than the ones that don’t?

Your smile can easily affect the chances of getting hired and can also have a serious impact on your professional development. The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry carried out an actual study on the topic and the findings are quite interesting.

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A Beautiful Smile Changes Perceptions of Success

In the study, 528 individuals were asked to look at the pictures of eight people who had a cosmetic dentistry procedure.

Half of the respondents viewed the “before” pictures and half of them viewed the “after” photos showing the results of smile enhancement.

In the "after" pictures, people were labelled as more attractive, happy, friendly, interesting and even intelligent. The "after" pictures were also perceived as more professionally successful.

The sample size of this study was small but the experiment suggests just how much of an impact a smile has.

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A Beautiful Smile Enhances Trustworthiness

It’s also interesting that people with a beautiful smile has been linked to a perception that they are more trustworthy. A study was also conducted to test out this hypothesis. While the experiment suggested something logical — that personality traits are important for the establishment of trustworthiness — it also suggested that a beautiful smile also had an impact on how people are being perceived.

Smiling often and appearing happy make you seem relatable, open and honest.

Needless to say, these are qualities required for the establishment of just about every successful career out there. So, if you want to get on track to professional success, you might want to consider getting a smile makeover.

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Investing in your smile as a young professional

As a fresh graduate or a young professional, you can do many things to improve the odds of landing and keeping your dream job — having the right kind of education and professional qualifications will obviously matter a lot. The same applies to developing your set of soft skills.

If you want to be very successful as a professional, you should also work on your appearance — from your smile to your wardrobe.

First impressions matter in every aspect of human interactions. Making a bad first impression during a professional meeting will make it almost impossible to get things right later on.

You don’t have to wait until you’ve established yourself professionally to consider such procedures. In fact, having the perfect smile designed and executed for you by a professional can get you much closer to that dream job. A designer smile should be tailored to your individual face structure and lifestyle needs. An aesthetic dentist will assess the condition of your teeth, gums, jaw and facial structure in general. They will check for common issues like poor alignment, staining or crookedness and many of these issues can be overcome.

Today, designer smiles in Singapore has become accessible and it can be a good idea to visit an aesthetic dental clinic before your graduation.

Some smile design procedures take time to be completed (for example — Invisalign takes months for optimal results). And let’s face it — no matter how comprehensive your oral hygiene is, chances are that you’ll run into issues like yellowing teeth. Drinking coffee or tea often, being a smoker or consuming red wine all increase the risk of experiencing such issues.

Fact: Young people aren’t immune to teeth discoloration.

When you see a dentist, you’ll find out just how stained your teeth are and what results you can obtain through a teeth whitening procedure. And, the sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll be ready to start job hunting.

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It’s time to start working on your confidence and your career journey — and something as simple as improving your smile can change your career.