The CV photo. More than your personality, part of your employability.
As you know, a CV must be your accurate, detailed and structured representation. You need to stand out from the other candidates… and a photo, will give you some advantage. But why?
Can we imagine only an advertising leaflet without an image, a classified ad without a photo? This is evident in the CV. With identical skills, the profile chosen will be the one that contains a CV photo: Your CV photograph increases your employability:
The expert photographer's opinion:
For Stéphan, Director of Photography and Portraitist at the Studio
Audacieuse-Galerie, a quality photograph in a CV is a
obviousness. The portrait photographer explains how it increases
the employability of its clients with excellent CV photography:
A professional CV photograph, why is it essential?
The CV photo is much more important than your image: All the feelings and energy you want to communicate should be reflected there. Together, we will convey to your CV photograph your best personality: Your seriousness, your interpersonal skills, your sympathy, your dynamism… These distinctions are complementary: These aspects of your identity will not be found in the descriptions of your experience or training.
In addition, a good photo humanizes the texts of your CV: It is no longer a question of choosing a skill, it is a question of choosing a person, a profile in its entirety. And for a recruiter, that means a lot today.
Finally, you will show in your CV a professional-looking face and a garment related to your activity. With a good resume photo, a recruiter will remember you as professional. Without a photo, the recruiter will be tempted to look for your photograph on the Internet. And he might come across a namesake or your personal photos on social media.
Now you know why a CV photograph is a must, but does it still have to be perfect?
Professional photography and nothing else
What credibility will be given to a candidacy whose image is of poor quality? Pixelated, too contrasted, poorly exposed, poorly lit, poorly framed, or even worse: A selfie taken either at arm’s length or in a mirror, at a party or on vacation, with a colorful background, badly coiffed, unattractive, unsmiling, wrinkled shirt, with a crooked posture.
As you can see, it is of course the opposite that we will have to favor: A perfect photo: Well posed, and guarantor of the codes and techniques of a professional photography studio.
We highlight your strengths, not your flaws.
There will always be a recruiter to find you a fault a priori. But we’ll improve your image: “We’ll try to counter some prejudices with a well-thought-out resume photograph.
Are you a Senior Executive? We will pay particular attention to adding dynamism to your image, a managerial posture, a highlighting of your charisma. You have a decisiveness and it has to be noticeable.
Are you a young person with no experience? It is all your maturity, your professionalism and your seriousness that we will put forward. You have the desire to learn and progress in the company, it has to win.
Or are you looking for a good portrait photographer? We will always be able to improve your CV photograph, in order to highlight your employability and your profile.
