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> German job applications also require a photo on the application. I don't disagree with the rest of your comment but this is not true. Technically an employer
by __jonas 3y ago
> German job applications also require a photo on the application.
I don't disagree with the rest of your comment but this is not true.
Technically an employer cannot legally require you to attach a picture to your application or judge you any differently if you do not attach one, since the AGG passed in 2006 – although I don't doubt that it plays out different in practice sometimes.
I remember even being told in Highschool though that we shouldn't attach a picture to job applications, since it's generally not done anymore to avoid discrimination.
- rjzzleep 3y agoYes technically, and how could you possibly enforce that? There is no rule forbidding it, so by default most employers still require it in their applications, but if they don't and you don't supply it, they will be suspicious. There is no way around that problem unless that practice is explicitly banned. Instead, you just get this weird workaround, that doesn't technically ban it, but makes it completely unenforceable, giving the German bureaucratic system an excuse that they addressed the issue without ever having to address it.
- dranudin 3y agoI got all of my developer jobs in Germany without a photo.