While browsing LinkedIn today, I noticed everyone has really professional portraits on their profiles. Always behind on the trends of the business world, I still have a little gray figure as my icon and clearly this makes me look really unprofessional.
The real question I have is how do you go about getting a photo like this of yourself?
Do you go to a studio and explain that you need some professional looking pictures? Is it required that you wear a pantsuit? Because I don't own one of those. The best I can do is a pencil skirt and a blazer that I got at a thrift store thinking I would totally wear it and I never did. Also, is it better to stare into the camera, challenging potential employers to find someone better than you at business things or to smile softly, letting your eyes convey that you're a team player? Because I've seen both and they are equally as powerful.
For poses, I was thinking of either having a newspaper tucked under my arm to convey that I graduated in journalism or holding up a keyboard next to my face to show that I understand new media. What do you think?
