Skip the Zoom Background. Even if you avoid the lure of the beach as your virtual background or the uber-mod office, interviewers tell me virtual backgrounds can be distracting.

To determine what certain backgrounds say about Zoom-ers, Ross and his colleagues amassed 72 photos of 36 white adults from a photo compendium of human faces assembled for researchers.

The six backgrounds selected for the study were categorized as: home (living room), blurred home, bookcase, plants, blank wall and novelty – in this case a walrus in front of an iceberg. Adobe Stock ...

Choose a fun floral-filled virtual background on your next Zoom call to embrace the blooming energy of spring and brighten up everyone's day. No need to frolic in a field of wildflowers when you ...

Zoom backgrounds may give an impression of someone’s heritage, disability or socioeconomic status, so interviewers must still make an effort to remain unbiased. Tidy up your background ...

They superimposed these faces onto six different backgrounds: a living room, a blurred living room, a bookcase, plants lined up across a cupboard, a blank wall and a walrus in front of an iceberg.

The six backgrounds selected for the study were categorized as: home (living room), blurred home, bookcase, plants, blank wall and novelty – in this case a walrus in front of an iceberg. Adobe Stock ...