You used to have to include a picture with your CV, in Germany, and I think that probably hurt my chances, rather than helping them. I look very foreign and girly.
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Weird. You would think skills would be the only thing that would matter. And yeah, pictures on your CV, it's pretty common in the US as well.
I'm always applying for "typically male jobs". They like tough-looking females, and I look like a kindergarten teacher.
What if you used a pic of Eva Braun?