[drlobster]

The picture is still standard in Germany, although it usually goes on a covering sheet. As a non-german living in Germany I find it laughable what passes for a resume in Germany.

I see PhDs listing which elementary school they attended, and they start in chronological order so the elementary school is listed first and you have to turn the page to see the PhD.

Frequently no attempt is made to clarify what their previous activity means. PhDs who merely write the title of their thesis to account for those 4 years (applying for first job directly after PhD outside of academia), who the hell knows what they are talking about?

The amazing thing is these (in my opinion) crappy resumes actually landed these people decent jobs.

[eru]

Yes. And this thing is called a "tabellarischer Lebenslauf" (resume in table form). Earlier a resume ("Lebenslauf") was meant to be a prose text written by hand. I guess it's progress of a sort? Or is it?