[hadem]

Quickly looking at the templates on the site, it seems that all of them include a picture. This seems like a bad idea and generally discouraged.

[gomox]

This is really a cultural issue. In the US, pictures are a big no-no but in my experience with LATAM and European companies, pictures are common if not expected.

Design wise, the picture is a good opportunity for visual appeal.

[ResRep]

Picture on resume is not mandatory. Users always can just to leave picture field blank and on resume it will shows default dummy/universal photo for all genders.

[gomox]

I don't think anyone would want a placeholder in their resume, but I agree that this being an online version, not having a picture is mostly an annoyance (you can easily find someones picture online).

[ksk]

I've heard some absurd stories coming from South Korea. Some people have gotten plastic surgery done just so the head-shot on their CV looks better.

[yelnatz]

Yep, if you Google "Philippine Resume", you can really tell that pictures in a resume is the norm there.

[ma2rten]

Actually if you Google Image "Resume" most do have an image.

[ozh]

Cultural point maybe. I know that I want resumes I receive to have a picture: much easier for me after an interview to remember who was who if I have a photo to remind me.

[ResRep]

Why? Those are online resumes. Why they cannot be with pictures. These online resumes are for online presence. There is also print version of each resume.

[bluthru]

An employer is going to see what you look like in an interview anyway.

[jiggy2011]

That depends how attractive you are I suppose.

[gomox]

Even for average guys, the picture is a welcome visual element in resumes. US-centric resumes tend to be very wall-of-texty because of the "ALL RESUMES SHOULD BE X PAGES LONG" (X in {1,2}) policy forbidding the use of "wasteful" whitespace.