Interesting... a lot of suggestion say don't use photo, because it might indicate gender and age => discrimination. But I included it anyway.
But how do we deal with recruiters looking at your resume, not your portfolio or code? Often they're just checking for your "working years" and "keywords", it's extremely hard for juniors to stand out.... and frankly I don't see any job that even wants juniors, most puts three years of experiences as "entry level".
You should try to avoid recruiters by any means, for the reasons you mention, and somehow find your own way into the company.
That's not true that companies don't want juniors. Sure, they all put 3+ years of experience, but that's their best case scenario. They most often end up hiring juniors anyway. And if you don't have any official work experience maybe you already have 2 years of experience - school projects, personal projects, etc. It all counts.
When it comes to personal photo, my opinion is that a photo gives more context. When you hear a person's name you will most likely google to see what she looks like, to get a face of a person. Why not provide it up-front? Plus, you are in control here. Maybe you don't want them to stumble on some "out of context" embarrassing party photo that search engines indexed.
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Interesting... a lot of suggestion say don't use photo, because it might indicate gender and age => discrimination. But I included it anyway.
But how do we deal with recruiters looking at your resume, not your portfolio or code? Often they're just checking for your "working years" and "keywords", it's extremely hard for juniors to stand out.... and frankly I don't see any job that even wants juniors, most puts three years of experiences as "entry level".
You should try to avoid recruiters by any means, for the reasons you mention, and somehow find your own way into the company.
That's not true that companies don't want juniors. Sure, they all put 3+ years of experience, but that's their best case scenario. They most often end up hiring juniors anyway. And if you don't have any official work experience maybe you already have 2 years of experience - school projects, personal projects, etc. It all counts.
When it comes to personal photo, my opinion is that a photo gives more context. When you hear a person's name you will most likely google to see what she looks like, to get a face of a person. Why not provide it up-front? Plus, you are in control here. Maybe you don't want them to stumble on some "out of context" embarrassing party photo that search engines indexed.