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Job application photo

The photo you submit when applying for a job — the 취업사진 in Korea, the Bewerbungsfoto in Germany. Crop your own photo to the size you need right here, compare professional styles, and see what official sources actually say about application photos.

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Crop your photo to the right size

Choose a photo from your device, pick a size and drag to position your face. You get a JPG at the exact pixel size — nothing is uploaded.

No photo chosen yet — your photo stays on this device.

Drag the photo to move it. Leave a little space above your hair and keep your shoulders in the frame.

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Style explorer

Browse a professional headshot style

Pick a look and see where it fits — LinkedIn, your resume, a company page. Every face below is an AI-generated example, not a real person.

I Choose a style
II Where you’ll use it

Portrait crop sized to drop straight into a resume header.

Corporate / Formal

Suit or blazer, clean studio-grey backdrop, classic executive lighting. Best for: LinkedIn, law, finance, consulting, senior roles.

  • Corporate / Formal AI headshot example — professional woman in her 30s (AI-generated, not a real person)
  • Corporate / Formal AI headshot example — professional man in his 40s with glasses (AI-generated, not a real person)
  • Corporate / Formal AI headshot example — professional man in his 30s with a beard (AI-generated, not a real person)
  • Corporate / Formal AI headshot example — professional woman in her 50s (AI-generated, not a real person)

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This site doesn’t generate headshots. Already have a photo of yourself? Crop it to 35 × 45 mm, LinkedIn 400 × 400 px or another exact size — in your browser, with nothing uploaded.

Where a job-application photo is expected

Whether to send a photo at all depends on the country and the employer — and official sources are more cautious than many guides. In Germany, the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) says an application photo is no longer mandatory, though still common in many industries, and advises against a phone selfie or a neutral passport photo (arbeitsagentur.de, checked 1 October 2026).

In Japan, the sample résumé published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2021 marks the photo box “if a photo is required” (写真をはる必要がある場合); the JIS sample it replaced specified 36–40 mm tall by 24–30 mm wide (mhlw.go.jp, checked 1 October 2026). In South Korea, Article 4-3 of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act bars employers with 30 or more regular staff from asking applicants for their appearance, height or weight unless the job requires it (law.go.kr, checked 1 October 2026). Whatever the country, follow the employer’s own form.

What makes a strong job-application portrait

Where a photo is used, the conventions are remarkably consistent: formal or smart attire, a plain light background, even lighting, and a calm, confident expression looking straight at the camera. A head-and-shoulders crop with a little headroom reads as professional at the small sizes these photos are printed. Corporate / Formal and Studio Classic in the explorer above are the closest match for most markets; Korea’s 취업사진 in particular leans formal — a dark suit against a clean grey or white backdrop.

This site doesn’t generate application photos. If you take your own, the Bundesagentur’s advice above is a good bar: a well-lit, professional-looking portrait rather than a selfie. An official passport or ID photo is a different thing with its own rules — in Germany, a photographer who takes the photo for an ID card or passport must upload it to a secured cloud for the authority (personalausweisportal.de, checked 1 October 2026). The cropper here is for application and profile photos, not ID documents.

Crop your own photo to 35 × 45 mm or any platform size

The cropper on this page works with your own photo: choose a picture from your device, pick a size, drag to place your face and download a JPG. What it produced in our test on 1 October 2026: 35 × 45 mm → 413 × 531 px; 30 × 40 mm → 354 × 472 px; LinkedIn → 400 × 400 px; company page → 600 × 600 px; email & Slack → 128 × 128 px. Print sizes are laid out at 300 dpi, but the JPG stores no DPI value — when you print, set the print size to the size you chose so the lab doesn’t rescale it.

It only crops and resizes: no retouching, no background change, nothing generated. Your photo never leaves your browser — in the test, choosing and cropping a file sent nothing, and the Download click sent only analytics events (the size you picked; Google Analytics also logs the click) — and the JPG it creates carries no EXIF data, so camera and location details from your original aren’t copied. Transparent areas of a PNG become white, and a photo smaller than the output is enlarged (a 300 × 300 px test image became 413 × 531 px) and looks softer, so start from the original camera file.

Questions & Answers

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a photo on my job application?

It depends on the country and the employer. Germany’s Federal Employment Agency says an application photo is not mandatory, though common in many industries. In South Korea, employers with 30 or more staff may not ask for appearance details unless the job needs them. Japan’s official sample résumé marks the photo box “if a photo is required”. Follow the employer’s own instructions.

What is a Korean 취업사진?

The portrait Korean job-seekers attach to a résumé or application when one is asked for — usually formal, against a plain background. There is no official size; follow the employer’s form. Since 2019, Article 4-3 of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act has barred employers with 30 or more staff from asking for appearance details the job doesn’t require.

What should I wear for a job-application photo?

Formal or smart-professional attire against a plain light background, with even lighting and a calm, confident expression facing the camera. A dark suit or blazer is the safe choice for a 취업사진 or Bewerbungsfoto; keep accessories minimal.

Is it free, and can I generate one here?

Cropping and browsing are free with no account. This site doesn’t generate photos: the cropper works with a photo you already have, and it never uploads it.

Can I crop my own photo to job-application size here?

Yes. Choose a photo in the cropper, pick 35 × 45 mm or another size, position your face and download a JPG — 413 × 531 pixels for 35 × 45 mm and 354 × 472 for 30 × 40 mm, both at 300 dpi. It only crops and resizes, runs entirely in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.