If you show up and your white but they intended on hiring a non-white person because of affirmative action, then wouldn’t you want to save yourself the trip to the interview by just attaching a photo? Why show up to an interview if they already are going to discriminate and not hire you? Technology Let’s face it folks, if discrimination is going to happen, it’s going to happen regardless of whether or not you have a photo on your resume. The fear that by seeing you ahead of time in a photo it somehow increases the likelihood of discrimination by a company. The ability to actually get a photo into a resume is a relatively new idea and as technology progresses and things like linkedin pop up online where it’s absolutely vital you have a picture attached to your profile in order to gain any credibility, more people are asking the question “Should I put a photo in my resume?” Here are some of the top reasons why people say not to use a photo: Discrimination It was almost as if it was same age old biblical golden rule that people keep passing along without question. In fact, I couldn’t even find any legitimate research or studies cited in any of the posts I looked through. There are probably thousands of articles written that say exactly that, but when I wanted to know why, the answers were far and few. I’ve read countless articles by “recruitment experts”, “resume writing experts”, and “career counselors” that say do not put a photo into your resume.