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Inspired use of QR code on resume

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Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

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Creative, but including any sort of photograph would instantly bar any applicant from receiving an interview here in The States, in compliance with equal opportunity laws.

Including a photo is common (really required) in France, which is presumably the target market of this resume. The CEO of my former employer in Paris quipped he didn't understand why people wouldn't include a photo: "What are they trying to hide, we are going to see them eventually?"

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

#23

This is a nice site for creating your own QR-codes: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

I am just wondering why this is downvoted... I never realized that you could easily create your own valid QR-codes, bumped into this site, and thought it was nice...

Agreed (it might also interest you that you can generate them programmatically using the Google Chart API[1]).

[1]: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/gallery/qr_codes.html

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

#24
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Counter example: No companies I've worked at had an explicit policy of rejecting a resume with a picture/photo. Whether it was done by some people in practice - unsure.

All of the companies I've worked for _did_ have such an explicit policy, but both of our examples are anecdotal.

The company I work at doesn't have that policy and neither has any other I've worked at.

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

#25
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All of the companies I've worked for _did_ have such an explicit policy, but both of our examples are anecdotal.

The company I work at doesn't have that policy and neither has any other I've worked at.

But @lotusleaf1987, that's just anecdotal :)

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

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post #2

Creative, but including any sort of photograph would instantly bar any applicant from receiving an interview here in The States, in compliance with equal opportunity laws.

Including a photo is common (really required) in France, which is presumably the target market of this resume. The CEO of my former employer in Paris quipped he didn't understand why people wouldn't include a photo: "What are they trying to hide, we are going to see them eventually?"

Probably the fear of being discarded before being seen face to face.

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

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post #10
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Answering the phone if a company calls you for an interview can often give a very good idea of their race/nationality and gender too, but somehow we seem to be fine with phone screens for interviewing people. Perhaps because there's typically not a recording of it?

Even before you make the phone call, knowing a candidate's name very frequently gives you a strong idea of their gender and ethnic background.

In fact, uncommon religious names can often give away the religious background of the candidate. Someone named Mohammed is likely to have a Muslim background, someone named Nephi a Mormon background, someone named Siddhartha a Buddhist background, and so on. While the person so named may no longer practice their birth religion, a person who'd discriminate based on affiliation with a given religion probably doesn't care.

Re: Inspired use of QR code on resume

#29
post #2

Creative, but including any sort of photograph would instantly bar any applicant from receiving an interview here in The States, in compliance with equal opportunity laws.

It is not a legal bar, it's simply considered safe corporate HR practice to automatically delete any resumes with picture attachments before they are viewed so that the pictures cannot possibly form the justiifcation for an employment discrimination lawsuit (i.e., choosing not to hire based on race/age/gender).

IOW, you can include a photograph on your resume, but the likely result of sending that resume to a large corporation is that it will be deleted immediately.

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