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Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by edent on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:41PM (#31198563)
That is extremely unusual for the UK. I know some European countries make a photo mandatory - but I've never seen it in the UK.

I've reviewed a huge number of CVs - at SME and large companies. I think the only time I've ever seen a photo in that context was an auto-generated thing from LinkedIn.

Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by Ntrails on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:08PM (#31198826)
Eh, I see a few photos on CVs here in the UK - typically on Euro candidates though (from memory).

On the other hand I've seen all sorts of weird shit on CVs, it is part of the fun. From the guy giving himself 5/5 stars for inter-personal skills, to the obscure hobbies expanded on in great detail, to the hilarious email addresses.

There is just a wide range of views on what a cv should contain. My views doubtless differ to others! I did give a yes to the guy with the .txt file cv though. On principle.

Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by orangepurple on Thursday April 28, 2022 @09:29PM (#31200341)
Were you the hiring manager that had a problem with my @cocaine.ninja or @cock.li email address?
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by sawmurai on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:28AM (#31201766)
You made me almost catapult my breakfast through my nose xD
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by comprev on Friday April 29, 2022 @04:02AM (#31202593)
the use of the word catapult now got me - bravo!
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by isoprophlex on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:05AM (#31202246)
I once saw "Never drank alcohol after birth" under "personal details"

Power to you for living a healthy lifestyle but... you were big on chugging kegs before you were born?!

Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by rejectfinite on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:49AM (#31202518)
Morther drinks = goes to baby in utherus
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by mcv on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:08PM (#31198820)
As far as I know, it's very unusual in Netherland. I've certainly never included a photo on a CV (though I do have one on LinkedIn, where a lot of my work comes from). When I was part of the hiring process, I did notice that all Indian/TCS CVs I got to see had photos, though.
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by prawn on Thursday April 28, 2022 @11:51PM (#31201202)
I've had a few Dutch interns join me in Australia. One applicant who wasn't successful was a young woman whose CV included a few personal photos, one of which was a bit of a sultry pose straddling a chair. Not indecent, but certainly not work oriented.
Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by wink on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:59AM (#31203649)
I once got a cv from a developer who put an url to his homepage where he had photos of him and his girlfriend modeling underwear.

Not a real problem (for me), but it's the first time I've seen someone nearly naked before I met them in person for an interview. It was certainly a little odd.

Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by jvvw on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:57AM (#31204027)
When trying to find a graphic designer once, got a portfolio from one designer mostly comprised of work for a soft porn site. It may have been professional graphic design experience but not exactly something I wanted to look at as part of my job.