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In Germany, it's customary to include a picture of yourself in your CV. ...I think you can figure out your chances, if you don't include one. EDIT: I'm saying
by klingonopera 7y ago
In Germany, it's customary to include a picture of yourself in your CV.
...I think you can figure out your chances, if you don't include one.
EDIT: I'm saying this to show how the German (who are European) employers will try to circumvent such age discriminating laws. You get it taught in school, in vocational training, at jobless centers, self-help books and the Internet, that the picture must be of "high-quality", in a sense already arguing past the necessity of why they'd even require one in the first place. I personally do not agree with this practice, though it seems, that more and more employees are becoming aware of this and employers are starting to respect that too.
- tjungblut 7y agoFor that exact reason I'm rejecting everybody that puts a picture on a CV in Germany.
- markdown 7y agoWell that's just silly. If it's the norm, why penalise people who're just doing it the way they think everyone else will. Better to specify in your job ad that you won't accept CV's with pics.
- klingonopera 7y ago...I guess he's looking for people out-of-the-norm and willing/able to stand up to their convictions? I wouldn't put a picture, but when I had to write some CVs here, I caved in and put a photo. I used to think it was a fault of mine to be so far off the norm, and I tried really hard to fit in. It just didn't work out for me. Today, I think I know that this is what can make me valuable. EDIT: ...but it is kind of a play of statistics vs. faith, and I think that one shouldn't fault someone, if they can't pull the faith together for it. A comment on my parent comment tells about someone applying in the US with a comical picture. That person was able to afford applying in such a way, but when you really need a job, because money or family, would you really take that risk/leap of faith? EDIT2: ...or that could also be signalling, that someone is high-risk taker, which could also be an attribute an employer is looking for.
- carstenhag 7y agoSo... You throw 90% of CVs away because... you do?
- gbacon 7y agoWhy is this comment being downvoted? Is it factually incorrect?
- klingonopera 7y agoI wish it were. Google "lebenslauf muster" in image search to see it in full effect. > There are a few must-have personal details every Lebenslauf should include which you might not have on your original CV: a photo, your marital status and place of birth. https://www.thelocal.de/20130131/47649 https://www.thelocal.de/20130131/47649
- dijit 7y agoThis is the same in Sweden fwiw. I was agast when CVs started passing my desk with seemly random self-portraits on them. Why the hell do I care what you look like?
- mc32 7y agoTrue (about caring about looks); but now most people on linked in happily provide a photo of themselves, though admittedly I know many haven’t changed (updated) their photos since they uploaded a photogenic photo they’ve always used.
- robin_reala 7y agoWell, at least in Sweden my photo-less CV hasn’t caused any problems. My lack of a LinkedIn account has attracted a couple of comments though.
- jeremydeanlakey 7y agoHere in the US, we had a candidate include a picture of himself... wearing a captain hat and striking a dramatic pose. He said he put it there to filter out the wrong kind of companies. We hired him.
- alexgmcm 7y agoIn Spain it's also common. I don't have one on mine because I'm from the UK and it just feels weird. Nowadays they can just look on LinkedIn or Facebook or whatever anyway so it feels kind of pointless.
- analog31 7y agoFortunately, I've got lots of pictures from when I was much younger. ;-) Here in the states, it's my understanding that the picture is for identifying your skin color, and is frowned upon for that reason.