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  • Carsten Pfau

    Hi

    posted by  Carsten Pfau in Germany forum 

    Hi Cel, I belive that the request of seeing your picture before inviting you to a job interview is almost as old as photography itself. From an employer´s point of view, it does make sense, doesn´t it? I believe that the request of attaching your picture to a cv was outlawed later in certain countries when anti-discrimination laws were re-inforced. Currently, German lawmakers are discussing to forbid this practice in Germany, too. A side note - attaching your picture to your cv when applying for a job is quite common in most countries of the world, e.g. Latin America or the Middle East. Not attaching your foto is the exception, not the rule (if you take the entire world as a reference).

    In my opinion, if you are properly qualified and you are also fluent in German, then you´ll find a decent job in Germany (note - if you are over-qualified, people won´t hire you).

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