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Who tells you not to submit a photo? The hiring manager?

• DanBC 12y ago
  It's just not normal to include a photo. Photos as part of hiring carry risks for the company. Companies must not use some information (age, sex, disabilities, etc) in their hiring decisions and photos can divulge some of that information.
  • dragonwriter 12y ago
    Photos can strongly suggest things like race and gender, but those and other prohibited axes for discrimination by most employers can also be strongly suggested b names, names of schools, names of particular awards/achievements, and names of past employers and jobs (particularly, e.g., when those employers are the kind that are permitted certain forms of discrimination that is generally prohibited.) Further, photos don't provide indication of anything that the prospective employer wouldn't get from an in person interview, which is a common step in the hiring process.