Reply to: Recruiter asking for picture

[northernladuk]

Anyone else missing Tykemerc right now?

Wot you trying to say?

[TheFaQQer]

Anyone else missing Tykemerc right now?

[MrMarkyMark]

[seanraaron]

So he's a DM reader but ashamed to admit it....

That was certainly my thinking...most of the "an honest man has nothing to fear!" statements seem to support that conclusion...

@WTF: If the sarcasm is good, we do it. Sadly, not much of it is worth acknowledging as such in my experience...

[WTFH]

So he's a DM reader but ashamed to admit it....

Hurrah for the blackshirts


You've got me there.


(Sean might not get that one as his nationality don't do sarcasm)

[MrMarkyMark]

So he's a DM reader but ashamed to admit it....

Very difficult not to be, with Vetran on the case

[northernladuk]

I don't read any paper exactly.


I read some very inexactly, and mostly via their websites.

So he's a DM reader but ashamed to admit it....

[WTFH]

Of course, silly me.........

Actually, I just put that through Google Translate, it came back with "Dave".

Which is one of my favourite sources of (old) news and entertainment. Along with John Oliver.

[WTFH]

I didn't realise that people who contract are exempt from the same societal issues as full-time staff.

That one has been answered already several times.

What paper do you read, exactly?

I don't read any paper exactly.


I read some very inexactly, and mostly via their websites.

[MrMarkyMark]

It's pronounced Vud-fah - isn't it obvious?

Of course, silly me.........

Actually, I just put that through Google Translate, it came back with "Dave".

[TheFaQQer]

What, you real name is not the WTFH?
I must admit, though, I have always had trouble pronouncing it

It's pronounced Vud-fah - isn't it obvious?

[MrMarkyMark]

No, I'm not Welsh, your sheep are safe.

That as may be, but we have goats too

[WTFH]

What, you real name is not the WTFH?
I must admit, though, I have always had trouble pronouncing it

No, I'm not Welsh, your sheep are safe.

[seanraaron]

OK, so no link to a story that was several years old.
No evidence that the jobs were IT contracting.
And the only thing you offer is a link to an opinion piece.


Sorry mate, but you seem to be applying employee rules to contractors, and that's not how it works.


BTW, my real name is "foreign sounding" to many people who interview me, in fact even those whose native language is similar to mine sometime struggle to pronounce it correctly.
I have worked in several countries where my native language is not their native language. I have also worked in places where my perceived background could have been seen as a good reason not to employ me (based on things which have happened in the last 100 years)

That's great. I didn't realise that people who contract are exempt from the same societal issues as full-time staff. What paper do you read, exactly?

I did update the post with an additional article.

My point was very simple: OP asked is it even legal to ask for a photo after stating his CV was "of interest" and I expressed surprise any employer would ask for one prior to booking an interview for fear of being accused of being discriminatory if the interview didn't go ahead following receipt of photo. No need to argue the toss.

[MrMarkyMark]

BTW, my real name is "foreign sounding" to many people who interview me, in fact even those whose native language is similar to mine sometime struggle to pronounce it correctly.

What, you real name is not the WTFH?
I must admit, though, I have always had trouble pronouncing it