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A former Amazon recruiter said not to put an image of yourself in a résumé.
  • An ex-Amazon and Comcast recruiter once came across an image of a man with a gun in a résumé. 
  • She said she wouldn't want to be associated with the applicant because he felt like a "danger." 
  • Putting an image in a résumé can also lead to hiring bias, experts say. 

An ex-Amazon recruiter described the most disturbing thing she had seen in a résumé, and it was a picture of a man holding a gun. 

Lindsay Mustain, a former Comcast and Amazon recruiter, told CNBC Make It in a recent interview that in 2007, she was hiring for a basic entry-level call center position at Comcast.