Profile Pictures are super important these days. You really need to look your best to get a foot in the door . . .
Funny Story, my first round at the Hartford Courant was in 2000. I was a younger gal straight out of Philly, wearing Brooks Brother suits and pearls. My ID Badge picture was the epitome of “uptight Preppy”. Fast forward to when I came back to TRONC in 2017, I was based at The Courant and they put the picture from 2000 on my ID badge. WTF?
I walked around for one year with the old me around the new me’s neck. Folks constantly asked to look at my picture. I admit I was a little mortified, because CLEARLY there were some changes.
In the span of time between 2000 and 2017 I had:
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Become a Mom
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Held positions at three different newspaper groups
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Battled Breast Cancer
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Lived in two homes
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Welcomed three dogs, two Guinea Pigs into my home
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Traveled to China, Mexico, the Caribbean and experienced many other things/events that made my life Juicy!!!
A LOT had changed! In this time I had become softer, more vulnerable, more confident. Having the “old me” hanging around my neck for the past year made me very happy and reminded me of the life that I had lived, and what still remains in front of me.
This is why I’m A Happy Girl and very excited about my future.
Now let’s talk about profile pictures . . . . should they look like you or not? Really! As a “woman of a certain age” I think we all need to be OK with being real, age is a gift worth celebrating! Hey should I use the picture above on my Linkedin Profile?
Call me!
Aileen
P.S. for those who don’t know me, the picture above is a goofy picture of me taken by my 11-year old daughter, you’ll find the real me below . . . .
