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Re:You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch by Zelmor on Monday September 05, 2016 @05:14AM (#12429069)
In Hungary, it is standard to include a photo on the CV, so I do that. Recruiter friends told me how they consider non-photo applications secondary to ones with photos, and how a human face helps building a connection right from the start.

So my only reason for including my age on the CV is because I look like I'm 24, whereas I'm pushing 31.

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Re:You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch by dasboth on Monday September 05, 2016 @06:42AM (#12429366)
Not just Hungary, most of Europe outside of the UK seems to do this. I remember finding it a bit odd the first time I had to sift through developer CVs and most of them had photos.
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Re:You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch by geomark on Monday September 05, 2016 @07:38AM (#12429574)
What's the story in Asia? I only know about Thailand where a photo, age, sex and religion(!) are standard on CVs. Most advertised jobs state requirement for male or female of a certain age.
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Re:You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch by lostboys67 on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:08AM (#12429704)
That is because many European country's are still a bit un reconstructed when it comes to issues around race.

Photos make it easier to hire people like us :-(

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