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I’ve seen photos, too, but always wonder how big firms handle these, given anti-discrimination laws. Yes, names, addresses, and education are proxies for race,
by Someone 5y ago
I’ve seen photos, too, but always wonder how big firms handle these, given anti-discrimination laws.
Yes, names, addresses, and education are proxies for race, gender, age, etc., too, but those also carry information that is necessary to evaluate an applicant.
I would think photos, being unnecessary as part of the CV, are more problematic.
- randyrand 5y agoAt FAANG I once got passed a resume with a photo. It was a fairly attractive woman, either quality being rare for our org. But its even more rare to have a photo on your resume. But the article is right - it hurt them. It made her look like she didn’t have confidence in her engineering skills - and that she was trying to cash in on being a minority. What other reason could there be? (legitimate question) It’s hard then to imagine who a picture helps. Someone that confirms stereotypes? Why would you even need a photo then. p.s. Afterwards I emailed the recruiter to say they should remove photos, put some placeholder.
- MathMonkeyMan 5y agoPretty woman puts picture on resume. Is she hitting on me?
- randyrand 5y ago?