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This may work well once your resume makes it to the hiring manager, but chances are that it won't get that far. Most corporate HR departments will eliminate re

by edw519 16y ago

This may work well once your resume makes it to the hiring manager, but chances are that it won't get that far. Most corporate HR departments will eliminate resumes with pictures to avoid any potential EEOC issues.

ddelony 16y ago
I was thinking that if any company required photos with resumes, that they would get into trouble if they kept picking white males. It would be interesting if people could submit resumes anonymously, without a picture or name.
- scottporad 16y ago
  The anonymous submission thing is interesting to me, despite the fact that I liked the photo idea. I would genuinely be interested in participating in an experiment to compare all resumes with pictures versus all resumes that are anonymous. I would like to be the subject...to review the resumes and see if I'm biased or not. I think that would be interesting.
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rada 16y ago
Second that. A couple years ago, I've had a conversation about video resumes with the owner of a company that centers around job search for recent college grads. He actually floated the idea to his lawyer and the laywer nixed it for reasons you've mentioned. There is a workaround however. You can include a link to LinkedIn at the top of your resume, and upload a photo to your LinkedIn profile. That's what I do.
mcknz 16y ago
Would probably make most sense if you were applying to a small organization where a senior person was doing the review. Otherwise it becomes 1) I don't like how this person looks or 2) this person is just using a picture to compensate for some other shortcoming in the resume...
eru 16y ago
Interestingly, adding a picture to your application was (still is?) standard in Germany. And you still give your date of birth in your resume. And in former times it was even customary to state the jobs of your parents.
- drlobster 16y ago
  The picture is still standard in Germany, although it usually goes on a covering sheet. As a non-german living in Germany I find it laughable what passes for a resume in Germany. I see PhDs listing which elementary school they attended, and they start in chronological order so the elementary school is listed first and you have to turn the page to see the PhD. Frequently no attempt is made to clarify what their previous activity means. PhDs who merely write the title of their thesis to account for those 4 years (applying for first job directly after PhD outside of academia), who the hell knows what they are talking about? The amazing thing is these (in my opinion) crappy resumes actually landed these people decent jobs.
  - eru 16y ago
    Yes. And this thing is called a "tabellarischer Lebenslauf" (resume in table form). Earlier a resume ("Lebenslauf") was meant to be a prose text written by hand. I guess it's progress of a sort? Or is it?

by edw519 16y ago

ddelony 16y ago

I was thinking that if any company required photos with resumes, that they would get into trouble if they kept picking white males. It would be interesting if people could submit resumes anonymously, without a picture or name.

scottporad 16y ago
The anonymous submission thing is interesting to me, despite the fact that I liked the photo idea. I would genuinely be interested in participating in an experiment to compare all resumes with pictures versus all resumes that are anonymous. I would like to be the subject...to review the resumes and see if I'm biased or not. I think that would be interesting.

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rada 16y ago

Second that. A couple years ago, I've had a conversation about video resumes with the owner of a company that centers around job search for recent college grads. He actually floated the idea to his lawyer and the laywer nixed it for reasons you've mentioned. There is a workaround however. You can include a link to LinkedIn at the top of your resume, and upload a photo to your LinkedIn profile. That's what I do.

mcknz 16y ago

Would probably make most sense if you were applying to a small organization where a senior person was doing the review. Otherwise it becomes 1) I don't like how this person looks or 2) this person is just using a picture to compensate for some other shortcoming in the resume...

eru 16y ago

Interestingly, adding a picture to your application was (still is?) standard in Germany. And you still give your date of birth in your resume. And in former times it was even customary to state the jobs of your parents.

drlobster 16y ago
The picture is still standard in Germany, although it usually goes on a covering sheet. As a non-german living in Germany I find it laughable what passes for a resume in Germany. I see PhDs listing which elementary school they attended, and they start in chronological order so the elementary school is listed first and you have to turn the page to see the PhD. Frequently no attempt is made to clarify what their previous activity means. PhDs who merely write the title of their thesis to account for those 4 years (applying for first job directly after PhD outside of academia), who the hell knows what they are talking about? The amazing thing is these (in my opinion) crappy resumes actually landed these people decent jobs.
- eru 16y ago
  Yes. And this thing is called a "tabellarischer Lebenslauf" (resume in table form). Earlier a resume ("Lebenslauf") was meant to be a prose text written by hand. I guess it's progress of a sort? Or is it?