Totally Unemployable

[Pickman's model]

Eh?

you search and you grab a photo from the results. after checking they're not a murderer etc i suppose

 

[chilango]

But wouldn't it better if you just didn't let them into the private side of your life in the first place?
Are you suggesting people make fake profiles? How? Hiring a fake wholesome family for professional studio photographs to put on a fictitious Facebook profile?

I'm not letting them into the "private side" of my life. I'm letting them see what I want them to see. Not fake stuff either. I'm wholesome enough in real life to be honest!

 

[izz]

Because, like it or not (and I don't like it) it's becoming part of the recruitment process. It is an additional opportunity to present yourself in the way that you want. It is something you have control over.

I absolutely agree with this. I think at some point in the future you'll be regarded with suspicion if you don't have some kind of online presence, to the point where 'online presences' will be available for purchase.

I deplore this but think its definitely on its way.

 

[Orang Utan]

you search and you grab a photo from the results. after checking they're not a murderer etc i suppose

For what purpose?

 

[Pickman's model]

For what purpose?

so you don't find you've nicked a murderer's picture of course

 

[Orang Utan]

Why would you put someone else's photo on your cv? You've lost me here!
You shouldn't put one on at all!

 

[Pickman's model]

Why would you put someone else's photo on your cv? You've lost me here!
You shouldn't put on one at all!

i agree. but you seemed discombobulated by moon's post, which i thought self-explanatory

 

[Orang Utan]

i agree. but you seemed discombobulated by moon's post, which i thought self-explanatory

Not really. Why would you put someone else's photo on your cv?

 

[Pickman's model]

Not really. Why would you put someone else's photo on your cv?

i wouldn't.

 

[moon]

And I cant be bothered to explain

 

[Orang Utan]

i wouldn't.

No one should! And putting someone else's photo on your cv would be even stupider that putting your own on

 

[Orang Utan]

And I cant be bothered to explain

You'd never get the job if you used someone else's photo!

 

[Pickman's model]

No one should! And putting someone else's photo on your cv would be even stupider that putting your own on

perhaps you should reread the thread, as i think you'll find moon's saying you could just grab a photo off the internet as a 'wholesome family' or whatnot for some pristine facebook a/c.

 

[Pickman's model]

You'd never get the job if you used someone else's photo!

unless you looked like them

 

[Orang Utan]

perhaps you should reread the thread, as i think you'll find moon's saying you could just grab a photo off the internet as a 'wholesome family' or whatnot for some pristine facebook a/c.

Aaaarrggh OK, but you shouldn't do this in the first place.

 

[moon]

You might get an interview though.. then say it must have been some mistake on their part.. no-one ever back checks these things..
And I meant for the CV

 

[stuff_it]

Moon's last CV photo....

 

[Pickman's model]

Moon's last CV photo....

 

[Orang Utan]

unless you looked like them

But then I'd never get a job

 

[Pickman's model]

But then I'd never get a jobView attachment 85265

you think there's no money in being a harry hewitt lookalike?

 

[izz]

But then I'd never get a jobView attachment 85265

y'wouldn't need one, y'could just rock up anywhere and freeload.

 

[Orang Utan]

You might get an interview though.. then say it must have been some mistake on their part.. no-one ever back checks these things..
And I meant for the CV

yeah right, you'd be shown the door as soon as you turned up

 

[Pickman's model]

yeah right, you'd be shown the door as soon as you turned up

you're made for life, just need to kit yourself out with some army togs and advertise in some royalist magazine. no need to have a snide pop at poor moon

 

[Orang Utan]

no need to have a snide pop at poor moon

oh the irony.
i wasn't being snide - i was correctly pointing out the folly of including someone else's photo on your cv

 

[Pickman's model]

oh the irony.
i wasn't being snide - i was correctly pointing out the folly of including someone else's photo on your cv

yeh you'd *never* *ever* be snide about someone would you

 

[Orang Utan]

yeh you'd *never* *ever* be snide about someone would you

people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

 

[chilango]

yeah right, you'd be shown the door as soon as you turned up

Perhaps.

Though if we're talking about employers with a prejudice based upon race/gender/age etc. It'd be quite telling that they they (for example) invited the pretty young white girl for interview but were dismayed to discover it was a middle aged Asian man.


(Obviously IRL they'd have the "deception" get out card, but still...)

 

[moon]

It's actually common practice to put a fake name on a CV if your real name is too 'exotic'. I don't see why that can't extend to sending in a fake photo..

 

[Orang Utan]

It's actually common practice to put a fake name on a CV if your real name is too 'exotic'. I don't see why that can't extend to sending in a fake photo..

you'd get caught out for that too, surely? they'd need NI details.
Again, you shouldn't be putting your photo on your cv in the first place

 

[Pickman's model]

people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

i'm not, i am always direct. you, by contrast...