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    Photo on your CV?

    A mate of mine sent me his CV to review.

    Couple of points.

    1) He insists on simple typefaces/layouts to minimise mangling by agent systems. However whenever I've seen what CV interviewers have in their hands, the formatting looks very similar/identical to what I sent to the agent, fancy stuff included. My assumption is the agent reads exactly what you sent and they make minor edits (cut contact details) and just send on to client. The CV does quite likely get put in some database and get mangled but who cares: you only ever get rubbish leads from databases.

    2) He's got a photo of himself. I've always thought that's dangerous unless you are young and good looking.

    What are your thoughts?
    "Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark Twain

    #2
    1. Some agents send the same CV minus contact details while others reformat them and a very few edit them. So he can use different size fonts, bold/ underlining, bullet points and spacing but shouldn't bother with really fancy stuff as CVs need to be easy to read and scanned quickly.

    2. Photos are a no no in the UK so should be removed. One reason they are a no is to avoid accusations of discrimination under equality laws. I've had to review CVs with names removed for this very reason.
    Last edited by SueEllen; 14 January 2016, 09:19.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Well worth attending one of the 'CV and Interview Advisers' webinars if it's a contractor CV (and a lot of it is relevant for any CV)

      One on the 28th via IPSE (you don't need to be a member), and/or CUK advertise them from time to time too. They are a bit 'salesy', but there's really good advice as well.

      https://www.ipse.co.uk/events/thu-01...ontract-market


      EDIT: CUK one here http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...-linkedin.html
      Last edited by mudskipper; 17 January 2016, 13:55.

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        #4
        [QUOTE=Cirrus;2195222]A mate of mine sent me his CV to review.

        Couple of points.


        2) He's got a photo of himself. I've always thought that's dangerous unless you are young and good looking.

        QUOTE]

        he obviously thinks he is

        never yet seen a CV with a pic on it whats he plying his trade in modelling ?

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          #5
          Should you really be reviewing his CV if you don't know the answer to this. I think you'd would be doing him a big favour by giving him a polite no thanks TBH.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
            A mate of mine sent me his CV to review.

            Couple of points.

            1) He insists on simple typefaces/layouts to minimise mangling by agent systems. However whenever I've seen what CV interviewers have in their hands, the formatting looks very similar/identical to what I sent to the agent, fancy stuff included. My assumption is the agent reads exactly what you sent and they make minor edits (cut contact details) and just send on to client. The CV does quite likely get put in some database and get mangled but who cares: you only ever get rubbish leads from databases.

            2) He's got a photo of himself. I've always thought that's dangerous unless you are young and good looking.

            What are your thoughts?
            1) Each to their own - plenty of different styles out there. Max 3 sides of A4, hence I have a generic one that goes out to agents initially and a master cv that has about 7 pages that I chop down to suit the role (depends what parts of my skillset the job spec indicates they're after).

            2) No. Not in IT. If you're in media and have airbrushing skills, still no.
            The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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              #7
              Why? They want an IT professional or a model?
              I don't put my photo or age in my CV.
              • 1- They should look for skills not the beauty of the candidate.
              • 2- If they want to see my beauty, they need to schedule an interview.

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                #8
                No, next question
                Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
                I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

                I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                  1. Some agents send the same CV minus contact details while others reformat them and a very few edit them. So he can use different size fonts, bold/ underlining, bullet points and spacing but shouldn't bother with really fancy stuff as CVs need to be easy to read and scanned quickly.
                  I used to be really anal when it comes to formatting my CV, until I saw a copy that the pimp send the client and it was butchered onto their headed paper which threw everything out
                  Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
                  I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

                  I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                    #10
                    lived in Switzerland for a while. They won't even look at a CV without picture. Once I pointed out that we were not looking for modelling candidates and the answer I got was that with a picture one can undertand if the person is friendly and a possible good team player.

                    However, I have to admit I binned once a CV for an analyst role as he decided to include a picture...of himself in Cuba sipping Mojito. To me he provided a sense of his attitude.

                    I am considered to be a nice looking guy and never included a picture of myself as I find it unprofessional. If somebody really-really strives to see a piture there is LinkedIn and possibly facebook for that.

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