With or without a picture

Even if we are talking about a resume or a Linkedin profile, there is usually a debate around sharing or not a picture with yourself.

I like profiles with a picture because it helps me to remember easier that profile. To be an advantage for the candidate, of course, that it has to be a suitable picture.

Maybe that is easier to talk about pictures that are not suitable for Linkedin:

• Pictures from your wedding (or from another important event) – probably in that picture you look very well and you like it. But I think it is not proper to present yourself in a professional context in your wedding dress or with the hairstyle from that event.

• Sharing a photo where you are with a friend – it can happen just partially or entirely. In both cases, it is visible that you put a photo just to have it and you didn’t pay attention to select a good one.

• Clothes: t-shirt with straps, short pants or flip-flops. They are nice, but for the summer holidays

• A picture made in the club during the weekend (maybe also with a drink): it is nice, but for the Facebook account

• An old picture or a picture with some effects. Also, I think that they are nice, but I don’t think that they fit with the aim of Linkedin.

Writing the things above I don’t want to sustain the idea to present yourself on Linkedin very different from how you are day by day. But I want to make you aware that the way you present yourself on Linkedin sends a message of how you are on your professional life. And this thing can suit or not with the job you applied for.

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