Original post available here:  https://blogs.ubc.ca/adrienneellis/2015/11/08/unintentional-workplace-discrimination
In a world still prevalent with discrimination it begs the question, should you share a photo of yourself on your LinkedIn? LinkedIn suggests that “adding a photo makes your profile seven times more likely to be viewed”. While this seems great, if you happen to belong to a minority you might decrease the amount of views that actually result in connections. One study claims that “job applicants with white names needed to send about 10 resumes to get one callback; those with African-American names needed to send around 15 resumes to get one callback.” If your name is enough to cost you an interview, a photo is surely going to be worse.

I was fired by Grouse Mountain in 2014 after I decided to get dreadlocks. I was only three days into my second season as a ski instructor when they fired me for my hair. Cypress Mountain, however, hired me immediately, placing the value on my experience rather than appearance. Despite our best attempts as a society, we still have a large part of the world that discriminates against future employees. If you want to work for these companies, you are going to have to conform and perpetuate this problem. I, however, will not readily conform. So please post a confident, professional photo of yourself alongside your perfect resume and let people hire YOU.

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