Ask HN: Have you paid for the photos/headshots you use in professional setting?

Re:Ask HN: Have you paid for the photos/headshots you use in... by jciochon on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:27AM (#18988415)

I attended a tech resume workshop recently and the recruiters there said they would absolutely discard resumes with photos (and other overly personal info) on them due to bias, and were instructed to do so by their employers. Interesting, but understandable.

I do wonder how that reconciles with all the social media around though considering the main way recruiters reach out to me is LinkedIn.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you paid for the photos/headshots you use in... by frereubu on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:30AM (#18988442)

The guidance is absolutely right, but the morals of a sizeable minority of recruiters that I've met have been "flexible" to say the least.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you paid for the photos/headshots you use in... by bengale on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:14AM (#18988798)

Yeah at my last job where I used to get CVs I was always told to bin CVs that had photos/age etc. on them.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you paid for the photos/headshots you use in... by eb0la on Thursday January 24, 2019 @12:47PM (#18990969)

In my country (Spain) you must attach a photo to the CV to get into consideration.

I've been told in Germany you must attach a specific type.of photo, and you must gomtona professional photographer for it

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