By profession
Recruiter headshots
Candidates decide whether to reply to a recruiter in seconds. The portrait is doing more work than the job title next to it.
Approachability is the whole brief
Recruiting is a trust transaction with someone who is often anxious. A severe portrait makes a first message feel like an assessment; a warm one makes it feel like an opportunity.
The technical version is the same as anywhere else — both eyes lit, a genuine smile, a relaxed jaw — but the emphasis is different: this is the one profession where a slightly warmer, less formal portrait consistently outperforms a formal one.
- Business casual rather than a formal suit.
- A genuine smile — the one you use on a first call.
- Soft, even light with both eyes visible.
- Plain or softly blurred background.
Where the photo is seen
Recruiters appear in email signatures, LinkedIn messages, job adverts, conference badges and a company's team page. Small sizes dominate, and in a job advert the photo sits next to a company logo and a salary range, where the person is often the only human element.
- Tight crop that survives a 60 px display.
- High contrast between the face and the background.
- Consistent across every recruiting tool you use.
- A second version for job adverts if the layout is wider.
A recruiting team's worth of photos
Agencies and in-house talent teams need a set of portraits for a website, adverts and profiles, and they usually need them before a hiring push rather than after. One style applied to each person's own photos is the practical answer.
It also means the team page looks like one company, which matters when a candidate is deciding whether the agency is a serious one.
How it works
Three steps from a phone photo to a finished image
Upload your photos
Six to ten selfies with different angles and expressions.
Pick a style
Business, editorial, black and white, cinematic — or a profession set.
Download the set
A consistent batch of portraits, ready for your profile.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What should a recruiter wear in a headshot?
Business casual rather than a formal suit. Recruiting is a trust transaction with someone who is often anxious, so a slightly warmer and less formal portrait tends to outperform a strictly corporate one.
Why does a recruiter's photo matter?
Because candidates decide whether to reply in seconds, and the portrait is the main human signal in an email signature, a LinkedIn message or a job advert. A warm photo gets more replies.
What is the best photo for a job advert?
A tight head-and-shoulders crop with high contrast against the background, because adverts display the recruiter small next to a logo and a salary. The person is often the only human element on the page.
How does a recruiting team get consistent portraits?
Apply one style to photos each person already has. That produces a coherent team page and avoids the scheduling problem, which is usually what stops teams updating their photos at all.
Try it on your next photo
Free to download on the App Store. iPhone and iPad only.