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Who puts hobbies on a resume anyway? Who the fuck cares?

zootam 10y ago
usually people put activities/achievements on resumes, not just hobbies. often they can indicate positive traits- passion, involvement, ownership, leadership, responsibility, etc.. certainly a good idea to list activities and achievements that come from 'hobbies' on your resume.
- emodendroket 10y ago
  That's the thing, though, isn't it? Being on a vestry, for instance, is a leadership role, but it also reveals a lot about the candidate that isn't really relevant and may prejudice the hiring person's judgment.
emodendroket 10y ago
It's much more common for new graduates, who after all don't have a long work history to cite.
nradov 10y ago
It depends on the job and hobby. If you're applying for a developer job at a bank than listing photography as a hobby is a waste of space. But if you're applying for a job at a photo sharing site then it can't hurt.
elchief 10y ago
If you like skiing, and so does your potential boss, guess what?
- draw_down 10y ago
  What?
  - bbcbasic 10y ago
    Rapport.
- mythrwy 10y ago
  You'll be picking up some of his duties while he goes to Aspen?
bradlys 10y ago
You'd be surprised how much having certain activities in common can push you over the edge as a candidate. It helped me get my first job offer after college. I didn't know the common activity was so essential to getting the CTOs approval until a coworker told me after I had the job for a while.
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charlesdm 10y ago
More people in the world, in whichever field, are hired because someone likes them than because of merit. Example: why do you think you always have the same people getting multiple board seats for prominent companies? It's a small group of people who bond over similar interests and look out for each other. Merit, more often than not, has nothing to do with it.
tzs 10y ago
If the hobby involves something that the company does, listing it can indicate that you might be a more useful or versatile employee. For example, if I was applying for a programming job working on the billing system at a company that does electronics, I could add a hobbies section to my resume and list there that I have an extra class amateur radio license. That would let them know that I probably know something about electronics. That's not relevant at all to working on the billing system, but it would let them know that I might also be able to work on other programming tasks they might have that do need a knowledge of electronics (for example, working on diagnostics software for their service technicians).

usually people put activities/achievements on resumes, not just hobbies. often they can indicate positive traits- passion, involvement, ownership, leadership, responsibility, etc.. certainly a good idea to list activities and achievements that come from 'hobbies' on your resume.

emodendroket 10y ago
That's the thing, though, isn't it? Being on a vestry, for instance, is a leadership role, but it also reveals a lot about the candidate that isn't really relevant and may prejudice the hiring person's judgment.

emodendroket 10y ago

It's much more common for new graduates, who after all don't have a long work history to cite.

nradov 10y ago

It depends on the job and hobby. If you're applying for a developer job at a bank than listing photography as a hobby is a waste of space. But if you're applying for a job at a photo sharing site then it can't hurt.

elchief 10y ago

If you like skiing, and so does your potential boss, guess what?

draw_down 10y ago
What?
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  Rapport.
mythrwy 10y ago
You'll be picking up some of his duties while he goes to Aspen?

bradlys 10y ago

You'd be surprised how much having certain activities in common can push you over the edge as a candidate. It helped me get my first job offer after college. I didn't know the common activity was so essential to getting the CTOs approval until a coworker told me after I had the job for a while.

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charlesdm 10y ago

More people in the world, in whichever field, are hired because someone likes them than because of merit. Example: why do you think you always have the same people getting multiple board seats for prominent companies? It's a small group of people who bond over similar interests and look out for each other. Merit, more often than not, has nothing to do with it.

tzs 10y ago

If the hobby involves something that the company does, listing it can indicate that you might be a more useful or versatile employee. For example, if I was applying for a programming job working on the billing system at a company that does electronics, I could add a hobbies section to my resume and list there that I have an extra class amateur radio license. That would let them know that I probably know something about electronics. That's not relevant at all to working on the billing system, but it would let them know that I might also be able to work on other programming tasks they might have that do need a knowledge of electronics (for example, working on diagnostics software for their service technicians).