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[xtremdelt8]

I've noticed a some application requirements include a current photo.

What kind of photo do you suggest?

-Straight faced/mug shot/passport picture?
-Smiling face shot?
-Full body?
-Candid picture showing some personality/travel photo?

What are they looking for out of these pictures? I know this is probably a rediculous question, but I've never been asked to send a picture along with a job application or resume before.

[smithrn1983]

[spiral78]

-Straight faced/mug shot/passport picture?
-Smiling face shot?
-Full body?
-Candid picture showing some personality/travel photo?

Definitely not #4!!
#1 preferred.

Though, smithrn is largely correct, I'm afraid, if you're applying to somewhere in Asia.
Photos are standard on CVs in Europe as well, though , and there it's not all about skin colour.
So long as you look professional and reliable, it should be OK

[xtremdelt8]

So you're saying the picture of me dressed as Jesus and shotgunning a beer from last year's Halloween party is a bad idea?

[spiral78]

Depends what sort of job you're applying for. Teacher? Punk rocker? Other?

[Dragonlady]

[johnslat]

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Regards,
John

[jpvanderwerf2001]

[xtremdelt8]

I've got my Facebook page on private (not that I have much to hide) and I also use a different, more professional email address when applying for jobs.

That said, do potential overseas employers actually take the time to look up an applicant's soical network pages? Or, worse yet, friends of friends' pages?? That seems like a pretty big waste of time.

Then again...I've known some teachers here in the states that have lost jobs because of what they had on their pages.

[Justin Trullinger]

Employers MAY check social networking sites. Is it a waste of time? If would be if they checked mine. It wouldn't be if they turn up something that's interesting to them, I guess.

They could, though. So I guess you sort of have to assume that they will.

Which means: remember that the internet is a public place. NOT private. If you don't put anything online that you wouldn't tell your grandma, you've got nothing to worry about. If you put up things you don't want people to know, what do you expect? It is a public place.

About photos- I guess I'd go with friendly, not too dry but not too personal, if I was going to send a photo. Like an artist's headshot- professional, well presented, friendly, but NOT personal. (Leave friends, hobbies, drinks, silliness, pets and other people OUT of the photo.)

It's not just about race, I don't think, but of course that can always be a factor in most things.

I say, "if I was going to send a photo" because frankly, I won't. To each their own, but I just haven't heard a compelling, fair-seeming reason for an employer to need one. If the initial ad for a job I'm interested in requires one, I just omit it. If asked, I explain that, for personal reasons, I do not send photos of myself to prospective employers or other unknown parties. I will send a photo or description to a future employer (contract signed) if there is a reason for it, such as to put in an employee newsletter or to let the person meeting me at the airport know what I look like.

No doubt, that has cost me an interview or two.


Best,
Justin

[artemisia]

[Calla_Lily]

You do realize that a lot of grandmas today were hippies in the 60s....innagaddadavida baby!

[smithrn1983]

Back to the original topic, I would go with option number 2, and show that you are professionally attired. All schools, even good ones that offer high salaries and hire highly skilled teachers, still want their staff to be happy and optimistic in the classroom.

[Jbhughes]

My opinion:

Like everything on your CV, it should be tailored to the role/institution and follow any conventions in the country your applying to.

For example:

If you applied for a post teaching government officials in an alcohol-restricted country then Halloween shenanigans are probably out of the window.

But if you were applying to a job teaching very young learners where the school is big into face paint and costumes and fun fun fun, then just maybe you could sell it!

I realise taking a new picture for every CV could become impractical, but if your current institution is anything like mine then you would have hundreds to select from for that perfect image!

[naturegirl321]

Professional. I don't want to see you with friends or students. Head shot, like a passport one. Smile, look happy.