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Don’t Forget to Bring Your Gadget to Your Next Interview

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GETTY 042415 TabletInterview?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1398340342184iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — You certainly can’t hurt your chances when looking for work if you’re tech savvy.

Even better, employers believe that the strongest candidates are the ones most up to date on technological advances,

In fact, Steve Hoeffler of Vanderbilt and Stacy Wood of North Carolina State University go as far to say in a new study that, “Those who are tech savvy are also perceived as authoritative on other subjects and as leaders.”

Hoeffler and Wood contend that workplace candidates enhance their chances of employment or improve their current status on the job by merely owning a smartphone, tablet or tech-wear such as Google Glass.

What’s more, the researchers believe people are viewed as a better boss or leader if they appear authoritative about a device rather than actually being able to operate it.

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