ResuMAYDAY » picture http://resumayday.com From the desk of Lauren Milligan Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:59:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A caveat to using LinkedIn as a job-search tool http://resumayday.com/2008/08/a-caveat-to-using-linkedin-as-a-job-search-tool/ http://resumayday.com/2008/08/a-caveat-to-using-linkedin-as-a-job-search-tool/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:45:19 +0000 Lauren Milligan http://resumayday.com/web/?p=40 Talk to me about your job search for more than 5 minutes, and you’ll know that I’m a big fan of LinkedIn. Essentially, your L.I. profile can become your on-line resume, which is great! At the same time, doesn’t that mean that your profile should follow the same guidelines as your resume?

As a resume writer, I strongly discourage job seekers to include their picture on the resume. That just makes sense, right? But what about your L.I. profile? Should that also exclude your picture? I tend to think it does but with all of the technology offerings that are out there today, it’s going to be difficult to remain as anonymous as a traditional resume allows. (Don’t even get me started on the …$!%#@… video resume!)

My recommendation is that job seekers omit pictures from their profiles but instead, make sure the profile is as strong as possible – lots of accomplishments and as many endorsements as possible. My friend and LinkedIn coach, April Williams, recommends that anyone concerned about posting their picture to a worldwide audience chooses a group photo instead. I love this idea!

In a perfect world, we wouldn’t have to worry about this at all, but that’s an entirely different topic for a different day!

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