Re:I'm Begging for Work
by throwaway5752 on Thursday September 10, 2015 @06:34AM
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"They're not allowed to discriminate on whether your resume contains the right collection of trendy buzzwords"
Aren't they?
I'm not surprised that candidates put their photos on resumes or their information sites.
I am surprised that a CEO publicly declares photos to be useful. A photo is clearly bullshit - there's no useful information in a photo (unless it's "here I am accepting $PRESTIGOUS_AWARD last year") - and it raise risk of discrimination claims.
>there's no useful information in a photo
There's lots of useful information in a photo.
A talented HR/CEO can size up a lot of things from it, even from the way the candidate is dressed in the photo.
"Hmm, too old, too quirky looking, doesn't look a good fit for our culture, fucking hipster I hate them, too slopilly dressed don't like working with such guys" etc.
I'd wager half of the observations of this "talented HR/CEO" are illegal.
They're not allowed to discriminate on whether your resume contains the right collection of trendy buzzwords either, but that's what HR systems sit and do every day.
You play the game that exists, not the one that's written in statute.