Former Amazon Recruiter 'Shocked' After Finding This Photo Attached To An Applicant's Resume

Former Amazon.com Inc AMZN recruiter Lindsay Mustain has seen a lot of interesting applications submitted by a variety of different candidates, but one resume stands out from the rest — and not for good reason.

What To Know: According to a CNBC report, Mustain — currently the CEO of Talent Paradigm — was “shocked” when she came across a three-page resume with a full-sized photo attached.

“I honestly have no idea what he was doing," Mustain said.

The former Amazon recruiter said the first two pages of the applicant’s resume were pretty standard. The third page, however, took her by surprise.

“The very last page was a picture, a full-blown picture of him holding a shotgun,” she said.

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She described the photo as looking like an old selfie taken on a flip phone. Although the gun wasn’t pointed at the camera, she couldn’t figure out why someone would ever think such is acceptable. She was absolutely blown away, she said.

Mustain believes two-page resumes are “the right number” in general. This applicant in particular would have benefited from leaving the third page out — especially since it was a photo.

Unless you’re a model or applying to be a real estate agent, there’s no need for a photo, Mustain said.

You certainly don’t want to include a photo of yourself holding a weapon. It can be “extremely off-putting” and make others not want to be associated with you because they might feel a sense of danger, she explained.

Even if you are applying for a position in which you will be carrying a firearm, employers will want proof of proper training, not a photo of you posing with it, she said, adding that such reflects poor judgment.

In this case, the former Amazon recruiter believed that the applicant was communicating that they had “no idea about true business standards of what is acceptable behavior,” Mustain said.

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