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Everyone in recruiting and hiring has a different opinion of what makes a good résumé—formatting and content, both. Many of these are mutually exclusive. You ca
by bamfly 3y ago
Everyone in recruiting and hiring has a different opinion of what makes a good résumé—formatting and content, both. Many of these are mutually exclusive. You can't realistically know which set of preferences you're dealing with before you submit an application, so you've just gotta hope that whatever you've picked doesn't get your application round-filed for arbitrary reasons. Even if you hire a genuine pro to put it together, the result's gonna make someone roll their eyes and toss it in the trash.
(then, of course, there are cultural differences between countries re: how a résumé should or should not look, but that's another matter)
[EDIT] My point is that it's entirely possible this style is loved by some readers, and hated by others. Any (reasonable) formatting or content you pick is going to impress some readers while turning off others. It's dumb, it's frustrating, it's inefficient, it's unfair—but that's how it is.
- doix 3y agoI think some things are subjective, I personally dislike colour, multicolumn layouts and those arbitrary scales of skills (4 out of 5 stars nodejs!) things. But I appreciate that it's an opinion and some people might like that. But I think you should never put your picture on a CV. I think it just puts you at a disadvantage, you have no idea what unconscious biases people have when reviewing CV's. Definitely not worth the risk.
- rcbdev 3y agoIn many countries of the western world your CV will be thrown into the garbage bin if you don't have a picture.
- vdeveloper 3y agoWow, i had never considered including a picture to a resume, it just doesn't sound right. My resume seems to have been working so far.