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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...
qrCodes (and other similar codes) are just a physical encoding of binary data.
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.
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.
In france, it is customary, nearly mandatory, to include a photo on one's resume.
When I have brought this up with my friends they fall back to the "customary" excuse. If the only reason a company won't look at my CV is because they don't know what I look like than it's not a place I would ever consider working for.
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I'm surprised at that mindset. The only thing a photo could do is disqualify you out of racism or ageism, or bump an unqualified person to the second round through attraction. What benefit does a company gain by knowing what an applicant looks like prior to determining if the resume makes the skills cutoff?
It's a different culture. The nice interpretation of this behavior is that companies in France (and many other places outside the US) treat you as a whole person, rather than a skill set, and therefore want to know more about you than just your education, work experience, and awards. They put more emphasis than we do on hobbies and interests outside of your domain of expertise, as well, those things are also nearly r…
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I'm not really sure what you're saying, but it sounds mildly offensive. It's both wrong and illegal to reject a candidate based on their race, regardless of what race that is. And I am pretty sure the OP was not implying otherwise. Further, I assure you that white people file discrimination lawsuits too.
> I assure you that white people file discrimination lawsuits too. // Out of interest have you a reference to a white person winning a race discrimination case, preferably with regard to being hired? Also why should "an applicant who had 'President of African-American Student Union' on their resume because it belies their race?"? Surely a person of any race can be president of the African-American SU, or are they all…
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I'm not really sure what you're saying, but it sounds mildly offensive. It's both wrong and illegal to reject a candidate based on their race, regardless of what race that is. And I am pretty sure the OP was not implying otherwise. Further, I assure you that white people file discrimination lawsuits too.
> I assure you that white people file discrimination lawsuits too. // Out of interest have you a reference to a white person winning a race discrimination case, preferably with regard to being hired? Also why should "an applicant who had 'President of African-American Student Union' on their resume because it belies their race?"? Surely a person of any race can be president of the African-American SU, or are they all…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077466/London-Under... is a case of failing to protect a white worker from bullying whilst at the same time being extremely protective of black workers.
Just FWIW.