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Actually they did not like this picture of me as I was not smiling there. They want smiley pictures to see you are a reliable teamplayer
Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostThis guy did OK, maybe, they thought he was a good team player
Not only that, but you are, really, very modest tooComment
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Anyway.. To bring the topic back to this one..
OP.. I do hope you are going to register for the seminar shown at the top of the forums for the 27th. Could be very enlightening.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAnyway.. To bring the topic back to this one..
OP.. I do hope you are going to register for the seminar shown at the top of the forums for the 27th. Could be very enlightening.
Along time ago I did my CV on a Wang and duly punted it out. I got zero traction. Sometime later I got a CV bloke to come round he house. He put together a work of art. I got it printed on fine paper and nearly cried with joy.
Shortly afterwards I got a job with shed loads of money, perks, shares, pension, bonuses and free crayfish in the canteen.
All from the old CV."Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View PostI arrived at a challenger bank and at the same moment so did the guy with the photo.
So no - photos are not a no-no.
Stop being so black-and-white.
That's Northern's job.
Secondly just check google.. Which you should have before asking here... And you would find the overwhelming answer is no. It's highly likely the client also thinks the same so by putting one on you are immediately, again, putting yourself at a disadvantage.
There you go. Black and white enough?
I hope your friend has a large warchest if you are in charge of changing his CV.Last edited by northernladuk; 15 January 2016, 02:27.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View PostI have actually, although that's one of the nights I go to the gym.
Along time ago I did my CV on a Wang and duly punted it out. I got zero traction. Sometime later I got a CV bloke to come round he house. He put together a work of art. I got it printed on fine paper and nearly cried with joy.
Shortly afterwards I got a job with shed loads of money, perks, shares, pension, bonuses and free crayfish in the canteen.
All from the old CV.
So doing a very nice design, which will likely get mangled by an agent, and printing them on fine paper, when most people use electronic versions or print them the size they want, is a waste of time."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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I'm curious if people make similar judgements, subconsciously perhaps, about LinkedIn photos (or lack of).
So for those who say that CV photos are an absolute "no no" - do you still have a photo on LinkedIn?
Not having a CV photo is the norm. Not having a LinkedIn photo is less common, it seems.
For me, FWIW, I have neither.Comment
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Originally posted by Contreras View PostI'm curious if people make similar judgements, subconsciously perhaps, about LinkedIn photos (or lack of).
So for those who say that CV photos are an absolute "no no" - do you still have a photo on LinkedIn?
Not having a CV photo is the norm. Not having a LinkedIn photo is less common, it seems.
For me, FWIW, I have neither.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostI'm coherent and I don't have photo in LinkedIn, but in LinkedIn you can put a pineapple.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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