Sent my resume, and employer asked for my pic. WTF? Forum

[Anonymous User]

This is REALLY WIERD.

I sent my resume out to an employer. The employer then sent an email back to me asking for a picture. Isn't that kind of creepy?

Has this happened to anyone else? I mean I sent the pic, and then he invited me for an interview.

I'm thinking this is really strange, and I'll just skip the interview.

Also, it gets even wierder (this is a legal assistant sort of job)... the lawyer is a top lawyer in his respective field in DC. But honestly.... i don't want to work with someone that has a wierd hiring practice.

[Anonymous User]

come on guys. what do you think?

Bump!!!!

[02082010]

This is REALLY WIERD.

I sent my resume out to an employer. The employer then sent an email back to me asking for a picture. Isn't that kind of creepy?

Has this happened to anyone else? I mean I sent the pic, and then he invited me for an interview.

I'm thinking this is really strange, and I'll just skip the interview.

Also, it gets even wierder (this is a legal assistant sort of job)... the lawyer is a top lawyer in his respective field in DC. But honestly.... i don't want to work with someone that has a wierd hiring practice.

Flame? Why be anonymous if you don't even drop the name of the firm? Also, I'm pretty sure that's illegal... requesting a picture during the hiring process.

[dood]

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[Anonymous User]

Pics or it didn't happen....

+1

[Anonymous User]

I think you could take it to mean he's "creepy", which is kind of jumping the gun. Or he wants someone who looks professional, and I don't just mean clothing.

[D. H2Oman]

This is REALLY WIERD.

I sent my resume out to an employer. The employer then sent an email back to me asking for a picture. Isn't that kind of creepy?

Has this happened to anyone else? I mean I sent the pic, and then he invited me for an interview.

I'm thinking this is really strange, and I'll just skip the interview.

Also, it gets even wierder (this is a legal assistant sort of job)... the lawyer is a top lawyer in his respective field in DC. But honestly.... i don't want to work with someone that has a wierd hiring practice.

Well I mean at least he didn't see your pic and then decline an interview.

[Mr. Matlock]

So, you only began to think it was weird AFTER you sent the pic and got the interview?

[IHeartIthaca]

did you have anything on your resume like

Dates: 1992-2005
Title: Body Artist
Employer: Mohawks, Tattoos and Exotic Piercings, Inc.

If so, I could maybe understand.

[squelp]

I was asked to give a pic for a teaching job...didn't think it was weird at the time.

[Anonymous User]

It's really illegal to hire based on physical appearances? I haven't taken employment law but this must be wrong.

Anyway, I don't think it is incredibly weird. Physical appearance sometimes matters, particularly when you would be his face to the outside world. Why bring you in if your physical appearance would rule you out?

That said, if you get creeper vibes during your interview, run, don't walk away.

[Corsair]

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[Anonymous User]

So, you only began to think it was weird AFTER you sent the pic and got the interview?

Yea I'm desperate for a job.

[Anonymous User]

This is REALLY WIERD.

I sent my resume out to an employer. The employer then sent an email back to me asking for a picture. Isn't that kind of creepy?

Has this happened to anyone else? I mean I sent the pic, and then he invited me for an interview.

I'm thinking this is really strange, and I'll just skip the interview.

Also, it gets even wierder (this is a legal assistant sort of job)... the lawyer is a top lawyer in his respective field in DC. But honestly.... i don't want to work with someone that has a wierd hiring practice.

Flame? Why be anonymous if you don't even drop the name of the firm? Also, I'm pretty sure that's illegal... requesting a picture during the hiring process.

It's def not flame. It's a legal job/assistant position.

[Anonymous User]

It's really illegal to hire based on physical appearances? I haven't taken employment law but this must be wrong.

Anyway, I don't think it is incredibly weird. Physical appearance sometimes matters, particularly when you would be his face to the outside world. Why bring you in if your physical appearance would rule you out?

That said, if you get creeper vibes during your interview, run, don't walk away.

good point.

[reasonable_man]

So, you only began to think it was weird AFTER you sent the pic and got the interview?

Yea I'm desperate for a job.

Obviously not that desperate... If you're walking away from the interview because he asked for your picture.

[Anonymous User]

did you have anything on your resume like

Dates: 1992-2005
Title: Body Artist
Employer: Mohawks, Tattoos and Exotic Piercings, Inc.

If so, I could maybe understand.

no. I did even say anything related to modeling, glamour, or magazines.

[Anonymous User]

Maybe he wanted to make sure things were gonna be all white.

[pleasetryagain]

better he ask you for a pic than for access to your facebook...

[Raskolnikoff]

did you have anything on your resume like

Dates: 1992-2005
Title: Body Artist
Employer: Mohawks, Tattoos and Exotic Piercings, Inc.

If so, I could maybe understand.

)))))))))))))))) ROFL @ work

[02082010]

To my knowledge, physical appearance is not a protected class. I mean hell, A+F hires employees based on it regularly with no problem.

I imagine this guy is flooded with resumes given the economy, so given the option why not weed out the fuglies? Especially if this is a position that may have client contact.

It's not the same thing. Someone comes in for an interview and you don't hire them because they're unattractive is not a big deal bc they can't prove that's why you didn't hire them, there could be thousands of reasons for that.

You requesting a picture of someone who has applied (obviously interested, obviously looked over their resume) and then not hiring can be seen as discriminatory. I work in the Career Services office at my school and some retarded girl had a picture of herself in the upper right hand corner of her resume bc it "added a personal touch" and I remember the head of the office saying that employers wouldn't even look at the application bc it could be seen as discriminatory/showing preferences no mattter what they did (hire her or not).

[underdawg]

To my knowledge, physical appearance is not a protected class. I mean hell, A+F hires employees based on it regularly with no problem.

I imagine this guy is flooded with resumes given the economy, so given the option why not weed out the fuglies? Especially if this is a position that may have client contact.

It's not the same thing. Someone comes in for an interview and you don't hire them because they're unattractive is not a big deal bc they can't prove that's why you didn't hire them, there could be thousands of reasons for that.

You requesting a picture of someone who has applied (obviously interested, obviously looked over their resume) and then not hiring can be seen as discriminatory. I work in the Career Services office at my school and some retarded girl had a picture of herself in the upper right hand corner of her resume bc it "added a personal touch" and I remember the head of the office saying that employers wouldn't even look at the application bc it could be seen as discriminatory/showing preferences no mattter what they did (hire her or not).

CS was saying "you're an uggo" in code

[Anonymous User]

To my knowledge, physical appearance is not a protected class. I mean hell, A+F hires employees based on it regularly with no problem.

I imagine this guy is flooded with resumes given the economy, so given the option why not weed out the fuglies? Especially if this is a position that may have client contact.

It's not the same thing. Someone comes in for an interview and you don't hire them because they're unattractive is not a big deal bc they can't prove that's why you didn't hire them, there could be thousands of reasons for that.

You requesting a picture of someone who has applied (obviously interested, obviously looked over their resume) and then not hiring can be seen as discriminatory. I work in the Career Services office at my school and some retarded girl had a picture of herself in the upper right hand corner of her resume bc it "added a personal touch" and I remember the head of the office saying that employers wouldn't even look at the application bc it could be seen as discriminatory/showing preferences no mattter what they did (hire her or not).

CS was saying "you're an uggo" in code

You know the worst part is, when he asked for my pic he sent me an email saying he updated the job posting with required materials as a picture. I checked this morning and that requirement was gone.

[02082010]

To my knowledge, physical appearance is not a protected class. I mean hell, A+F hires employees based on it regularly with no problem.

I imagine this guy is flooded with resumes given the economy, so given the option why not weed out the fuglies? Especially if this is a position that may have client contact.

It's not the same thing. Someone comes in for an interview and you don't hire them because they're unattractive is not a big deal bc they can't prove that's why you didn't hire them, there could be thousands of reasons for that.

You requesting a picture of someone who has applied (obviously interested, obviously looked over their resume) and then not hiring can be seen as discriminatory. I work in the Career Services office at my school and some retarded girl had a picture of herself in the upper right hand corner of her resume bc it "added a personal touch" and I remember the head of the office saying that employers wouldn't even look at the application bc it could be seen as discriminatory/showing preferences no mattter what they did (hire her or not).

CS was saying "you're an uggo" in code

You know the worst part is, when he asked for my pic he sent me an email saying he updated the job posting with required materials as a picture. I checked this morning and that requirement was gone.

Flame. Please ban.

[kurla88]

He's probably just trying to connect names to faces. *rolls eyes*