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Quickly looking at the templates on the site, it seems that all of them include a picture. This seems like a bad idea and generally discouraged.

by hadem 12y ago

ResRep 12y ago
Why? Those are online resumes. Why they cannot be with pictures. These online resumes are for online presence. There is also print version of each resume.
jiggy2011 12y ago
That depends how attractive you are I suppose.
- gomox 12y ago
  Even for average guys, the picture is a welcome visual element in resumes. US-centric resumes tend to be very wall-of-texty because of the "ALL RESUMES SHOULD BE X PAGES LONG" (X in {1,2}) policy forbidding the use of "wasteful" whitespace.
gomox 12y ago
This is really a cultural issue. In the US, pictures are a big no-no but in my experience with LATAM and European companies, pictures are common if not expected. Design wise, the picture is a good opportunity for visual appeal.
- ResRep 12y ago
  Picture on resume is not mandatory. Users always can just to leave picture field blank and on resume it will shows default dummy/universal photo for all genders.
  - gomox 12y ago
    I don't think anyone would want a placeholder in their resume, but I agree that this being an online version, not having a picture is mostly an annoyance (you can easily find someones picture online).
- yelnatz 12y ago
  Yep, if you Google "Philippine Resume", you can really tell that pictures in a resume is the norm there.
  - ma2rten 12y ago
    Actually if you Google Image "Resume" most do have an image.
- ksk 12y ago
  I've heard some absurd stories coming from South Korea. Some people have gotten plastic surgery done just so the head-shot on their CV looks better.
bluthru 12y ago
An employer is going to see what you look like in an interview anyway.
ozh 12y ago
Cultural point maybe. I know that I want resumes I receive to have a picture: much easier for me after an interview to remember who was who if I have a photo to remind me.

Quickly looking at the templates on the site, it seems that all of them include a picture. This seems like a bad idea and generally discouraged.

by hadem 12y ago

Quickly looking at the templates on the site, it seems that all of them include a picture. This seems like a bad idea and generally discouraged.

ResRep 12y ago

Why? Those are online resumes. Why they cannot be with pictures. These online resumes are for online presence. There is also print version of each resume.

jiggy2011 12y ago

That depends how attractive you are I suppose.

gomox 12y ago
Even for average guys, the picture is a welcome visual element in resumes. US-centric resumes tend to be very wall-of-texty because of the "ALL RESUMES SHOULD BE X PAGES LONG" (X in {1,2}) policy forbidding the use of "wasteful" whitespace.

gomox 12y ago

This is really a cultural issue. In the US, pictures are a big no-no but in my experience with LATAM and European companies, pictures are common if not expected. Design wise, the picture is a good opportunity for visual appeal.

ResRep 12y ago
Picture on resume is not mandatory. Users always can just to leave picture field blank and on resume it will shows default dummy/universal photo for all genders.
- gomox 12y ago
  I don't think anyone would want a placeholder in their resume, but I agree that this being an online version, not having a picture is mostly an annoyance (you can easily find someones picture online).
yelnatz 12y ago
Yep, if you Google "Philippine Resume", you can really tell that pictures in a resume is the norm there.
- ma2rten 12y ago
  Actually if you Google Image "Resume" most do have an image.
ksk 12y ago
I've heard some absurd stories coming from South Korea. Some people have gotten plastic surgery done just so the head-shot on their CV looks better.

bluthru 12y ago

An employer is going to see what you look like in an interview anyway.

ozh 12y ago

Cultural point maybe. I know that I want resumes I receive to have a picture: much easier for me after an interview to remember who was who if I have a photo to remind me.