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Caught my eye:

Listing gender, height, health on the resume (!) Can’t imagine getting a resume with that info these days.

Listing corporate training under education. Again, wouldn’t expect to see that today. Not sure if that is because no one does employee training anymore, OR, if it’s just expected and understood that you’ll learn new stuff constantly as a programmer these days.

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Perhaps not in the U.S due to labor laws and the EEOC, but in some countries you must also attach a head shot. Not only that, but HR can casually drop by your house unannounced to inspect your living conditions and make a note of anything "unusual". I know it sounds straight out of Severance, but that's how things would be stateside if unions and others hadn't drawn the line somewhere.

What are the countries where this is practiced?

I know in Japan head shot and blood type are expected with a resume.

Headshot yes, blood type typically not. They do require to reveal a bit of other information including age, number of dependents, marital status, expected length of commute, etc.

Funniest aspect is that a lot of employers expect applicants to handwrite their resumes and some actually goes as far as rejecting non-handwritten resumes.

Blood type is weird but in Japanese cultural it's similar to adding your Myers-Briggs type.

All throughout LATAM, look up "visita domiciliaria" in Colombia.

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