Reply to: Photo on your CV?

[Eirikur]

I'm hiring Indians in India to bring them on shore for 6 months or so.

[SueEllen]

Was that an instruction ("treat people as equals") or an assumption ("we aren't in India and so we treat people as equals")?

If you hire the Indians then it's an instruction.

If you don't then it's an assumption which is false some of the time.

[CloudWalker]

Photos on C.V = Can of Worms

[TheFaQQer]

We aren't in India and so treat people as equals.

Was that an instruction ("treat people as equals") or an assumption ("we aren't in India and so we treat people as equals")?

[TheFaQQer]

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?

I was at a presentation from an executive headhunter yesterday, and his advice was always to have a professional looking picture on LinkedIn, never have one on your CV.

For those that haven't worked it out yet, LinkedIn profile with no picture = fake. LinkedIn profile with sexy picture = very fake.

[SueEllen]

Got a few Indian CV's on my desk
They all mention star sign, secondary star sign and caste, which ones should I avoid?. Need an expert on Indian astrology and caste system to make a logical and scientific decision.

Google their caste then pick the lowest ones and only one from a high one.

Then if you find the person from the high one picking on or bossing around the others, have strong words.

We aren't in India and so treat people as equals.

[clearedforlanding]

Deutsche Telekom and Bouygues respectively in my case, and every CV had a photo, but hiring was done by IBM in both cases so perhaps it was they who insisted.

But I did once interview with an SSII in Paris where I had submitted a CV without a photo, and it wasn't binned - but the agent pulled out a camera and took a photo without a by-your-leave.

Hiring manager could be fired at DTAG for considering a CV with photo. Laws in Germany are quite strong on discrimination. Germans have a longer memory, combined with unnecessary guilt than any other EU.country.

[stek]

Got a few Indian CV's on my desk
They all mention star sign, secondary star sign and caste, which ones should I avoid?. Need an expert on Indian astrology and caste system to make a logical and scientific decision.

I think Brahmins are the top dogs in the caste system...

[seanraaron]

Everyone knows blood type is the true indicator of character. Bin the ones that don't have that.

[LondonManc]

All the ones mentioning star sign

[Eirikur]

Got a few Indian CV's on my desk
They all mention star sign, secondary star sign and caste, which ones should I avoid?. Need an expert on Indian astrology and caste system to make a logical and scientific decision.

[seanraaron]

IMHO it's better to have several CVs, each tailored to a specific field of expertise and drop the irrelevant roles from each CV rather than just to drop the oldest roles from a single CV.

This does mean that you will have to leave off dates and wrestle the agent into submission on that point though, which is a PITA, admittedly.

Boo

My work history for nearly twenty years is fairly consistent. The pain in the ass part is my current gig which is outside my area and is unlikely to be much use in getting me another gig outside of saying "look ma, I had a contract gig!" and it was for another financial services institution. I can't see leaving it off though...sigh.

[Boo]

My format has worked okay thus far, but contracting will make it completely unworkable in time. I'll probably start dropping the historical stuff after awhile to keep it brief.

IMHO it's better to have several CVs, each tailored to a specific field of expertise and drop the irrelevant roles from each CV rather than just to drop the oldest roles from a single CV.

This does mean that you will have to leave off dates and wrestle the agent into submission on that point though, which is a PITA, admittedly.

Boo

[expat]

Deutsche Telekom and Bouygues respectively in my case, and every CV had a photo, but hiring was done by IBM in both cases so perhaps it was they who insisted.

But I did once interview with an SSII in Paris where I had submitted a CV without a photo, and it wasn't binned - but the agent pulled out a camera and took a photo without a by-your-leave.

[Bee]

Spain it's the norm. As a multinational we have to return CVs to agency with photos according to corporate policy, but this is exceptional for this territory. Spanish companies or Spanish managers in a multinational see them as mandatory.

I suspect the CVs are not returned, and HR are binning them, as I see very few Spanish candidates. Either that or all the good ones are working in Germany or the UK.



I have worked for every Telco in Germany and this is not my experience hiring or applying. Maybe different customs in different industries.

As above for one Telco in France. The big one.

I work for Telco and they never asked me for a photo. In Spain I don't know because I never applied.