Request For a Photo?

ajc100

A relation of mine has applied for a restaurant position and has now received a request from the employer to send a recent photograph?

Has anyone else ever encountered anything like this before and should she be wary?

Could this not lead to discrimination?

Thanks in advance.

Sleepy

Not unusual for a customer facing role tbh. I know Dunnes Stores used to request a photo with their application form.

When you're applying for a position where you'll be representing the company's image to customers it's pretty fair for them to want to be choosy regarding appearance e.g. if you're going to be working in a rock bar / piercing studio loads of piercings and tattoos might be acceptable whereas a more conservative business e.g. a solicitors office may not want their staff to portray that image.

It just avoids wasting people's time with an interview really. Any discrimination that could happen based on a photograph is going to happen during an interview as well.

jimoc

If they tell you that you didn't get the job due to being ugly, then that counts as discrimination, however they don't have to tell you the reason.

mood

I was asked for one by the a government department years ago. The job was not dealing with the public at all!

They could easily be sued for being racist etc to people who don't get the job. Very foolish company.

jhegarty

Leaves a company very open to a claim by requesting this.

Otis Driftwood

Its standard practice for alot of companies.One example would be Lidl.

They hold alot of assessment centres with alot of different people,being able to match a face to a name/CV can be a big help come decision time.

On what grounds could a company be possibly sued unless they actually came out and said "you are an uggo so didnt get the job"

How likely is that?

If the company are interviewing a large number of people then it actually makes sense.

@ mood,how in the blue hell could they be sued for being racist?

Jesus,if you are going to make inane statements,at least look up a definition as to what racism is.
:rolleyes:

ponderaabel

It isn't unusual!

mood

If some black applied and the company hired all white people it could be interpreted that they are hiring based on race. I'm not saying this would be the case. I'm saying it leaves a company very open to a case being taken against them.

Sleepy

How mood?

There's nothing that this leaves the company open to that they wouldn't already be open to after an interview.

Otis Driftwood

mood wrote: »

If some black applied and the company hired all white people it could be interpreted that they are hiring based on race. I'm not saying this would be the case. I'm saying it leaves a company very open to a case being taken against them.

Or it could be interpreted that the white people were better qualified/suited to the job?

And as for your wording

some black

thats actually kinda racist.Lol @ you.

mood

BackfromtheNed wrote: »

Or it could be interpreted that the white people were better qualified/suited to the job?

And as for your wording thats actually kinda racist.Lol @ you.

So a bad use of English make me racist? WTF?

I have a very good friend who feel she has been discriminated against a number of times both socially and professionally. I think if she didn't get an interview with a company and someone who she knew with the same qualifications and experience etc got one she would seek legal advice.

Morlar

mood wrote: »

So a bad use of English make me racist? WTF?

I have a very good friend who feel she has been discriminated against a number of times both socially and professionally. I think if she didn't get an interview with a company and someone who she knew with the same qualifications and experience etc got one she would seek legal advice.

I think that might be difficult to prove, ie that your friend had the EXACT same qualifications (ie the same course under the same instructors at the same time, achieved the same score), same experience - maybe the other candidate had the same amount of experience in terms of time but it could have been at a more advanced or more responsible level, or at a more prestigious location. Also if 2 perfectly identical cv's arrive for one job one then the failing candidate is not necessarily discriminated against on the basis of race. If one cv is better presented, better worded than the other that will be a cause too, if one cv has references that answer the phone when rang or give a more glowing report that will be a factor too. When it gets down to 2 candidates with very similair qualifications, and only one gets an interview - the one who gets the interview may themself just be scraping in when compared with the general standard. They could be meeting a quota of x amount of interviews to be arranged for x day at that company. Having an almost identical cv does not guarantee an interview.

Otis Driftwood

mood wrote: »

So a bad use of English make me racist? WTF?

I have a very good friend who feel she has been discriminated against a number of times both socially and professionally. I think if she didn't get an interview with a company and someone who she knew with the same qualifications and experience etc got one she would seek legal advice.

So if someone with the same qualifications and experience gets a job ahead of your friend then she should/would seek legal advice?

Sweet Jesus will you listen to yourself.

A huge part of people getting jobs is personality based as well as experience or qualifications based.I find your logic frankly astounding.