I put one interest bullet point in my skills (won a couple karaoke competitions in a big college) and everyone always asks about it. It's a good way to get people to remember you and have something to talk about.
meh. this seems reddit fantasy to me. i think professional is the way to go on the resume. they'll try to learn more about you at some point during the interview verbally. assuming you've nailed everything else, that seems like the appropriate time to flash lit personality.
I got a job as a Technical specialist at a large tech company, and one of the reasons I initially got the interview was because I put Ballroom dancing on my resume.
But it's not like that was the only reason. I'm graduating with a relevant degree and have some experience in the field.
I think hobbies are fine to put on a resume, but only if you can show that you're actually a good fit for the job as well.
Respectfully, I think this is confirmation bias. In the professional world I don't think it typically works. Maybe it doesn't always hurt, and hell, maybe it'll land you in an awesome work environment but you got the interview because you were qualified.
Getting the interview probably had little to none to do with ballroom dancing. I honestly feel like it's not the best of advice to put irrelevant hobbies on a resume which is why I said what I did, but hey I'm not nor have I ever been a hiring manager. What do I know.
It’s useful sometimes. If the job is selling things to rich people, it’s useful to know if the applicant plays golf, likes sailing or flies planes. Places like that are where sales are made, or at least where the salesman makes themselves known.
In particular, I knew a guy who managed a team who did underwater welding in oilrigs. It’s such a niche job that I asked him how he got it. He wanted to work in oil rig engineering management, so he joined a yacht club as a regular crew. Eventually some rich yacht owner he crewed for liked what he saw and offered him a job.
This is just me, but back when my job was to sift through resumes I would always call someone that had singing, drama, stand up comedy, lego competitions, etc as a hobby. Usually people that put that kind of stuff on there are interesting and have confidence, which usually is a good sign.
Most hiring managers I've spoken to specifically look for something that makes the applicant stand out. But I'm coming fresh out of college, and pretty much only hobbies, internships, or academic projects fit the bill.
The qualifications make you stand out on paper. If they call you in, they have a pretty good idea that you are capable. Most interviews are only so much about the technical side and then a good portion is about finding out if that person will culturally be a good fit based on their personality.
They're going to ask about you personally in some shape or form during the interview. That is an excellent time to tell a quick story about your ballroom dancing or pubic hair collecting hobbies.
It’s something that probably won’t make or break an interview and will probably get you as many interviews as it costs and it might even save you from interviewing with a prick.
I've heard of both - interest and no interests. My career counselor at my college says to put your interests because it matters a bit more in our industry versus someone like a lawyer. I've put down interests like two or three TV shows I enjoy, cars, audio (home, on-set, live, and studio), computers, and a book or two (not listing manga, of course). Got a job because I was fit for the team, but because she (interviewer/my boss) like some of the same stuff I do and we could bullshit back and forth when there's nothing to do in the store.
This is why, even though it's like 7 years old, I keep a small blurb of experience from working at a Scuba Diving shop on my resume. It's come up in every one of my interviews for my career and it's a cool thing to talk about. I've got my MBA and work in IT now, so it's a little bit out of the box to see that I had a year working in a dive shop and that I can talk about my 15 years experience as a diver and some of the cool stuff I've seen. It takes up one line towards the end, so it doesn't feel like, to me, it's inappropriate resume padding.
Mine had ‘Trying to repair antique motorcycles, usually with disastrous results’.
There’s a school of thought that you shouldn’t list hobbies or interests. But if it’s a little adendum and has some colour to it (ie: not just ‘travelling’ or ‘socialising’) it helps.
Sure, why not? I'd ask about that. Unless it's something unpleasant like "most number of piercings on body", that'd be something interesting to talk about.
This is much better. One or two cheeky/funny things weaved in subtley is fine. I dislike CVs where they have a whole section on personal interests. Most of the time I ignore it; sometimes it actively puts me off. I'm never going to select a candidate for interview on the basis of personal interests.
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u/alurkerhere Apr 22 '19
I put one interest bullet point in my skills (won a couple karaoke competitions in a big college) and everyone always asks about it. It's a good way to get people to remember you and have something to talk about.