[Wheels]

OT - CV Writing help... : Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:06 pm  

Quick question...

Should I put a picture of myself on my CV?

Cheers.

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:13 pm  

not unless you are an attractive woman

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:13 pm  

flipper wrote:

not unless you are an attractive woman

[Wheels]

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:18 pm  

flipper wrote:

not unless you are an attractive woman

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:21 pm  

Do you have any sensible ones?

Re: OT - CV Writing help... : Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:29 pm  

Wheels wrote:

Quick question...

Should I put a picture of myself on my CV?

Cheers.

No. Under no circumstances.

I have been recruiting for my team in Germany (they always put pictures on) and as hard as I try I can't discount the visual impact of that photo.

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:30 pm  

flipper wrote:

not unless you are an attractive woman

Probably true. My German colleague was passing stuff on to me and I can only assume based on the rest of the content that the female attractiveness factor was his only consideration. I had to bin them all.

[Wheels]

Re: OT - CV Writing help... : Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:31 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

No. Under no circumstances.

I have been recruiting for my team in Germany (they always put pictures on) and as hard as I try I can't discount the visual impact of that photo.

Not even if it's a sensible one? Or a passport photo?

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: OT - CV Writing help... : Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:33 pm  

Wheels wrote:

Not even if it's a sensible one? Or a passport photo?

Use that one with you with your "gringo" look. and jord pished as a rat behind you.

Good smile that.

Re: OT - CV Writing help... : Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:33 pm  

Wheels wrote:

Not even if it's a sensible one? Or a passport photo?

Ask yourself, why? Why does someone need to see what I look like? I actually prefer to see them without photos - most people do not look great in a passport photo - don't do it. Just don't, trust me. Most UK recruiters don't put photos of their clients on their applications or CV's, there's a good reason for that.