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How is it usually written on the resume? I would expect someone to be actually good at chess to put down their Elo rating. For someone just putting it as a hob
by GuB-42 6y ago
How is it usually written on the resume?
I would expect someone to be actually good at chess to put down their Elo rating. For someone just putting it as a hobby, I wouldn't expect much, especially when it comes to the "boring" stuff like memorizing openings.
In the same way that there is usually a difference between what high level athletes and hobbyist write. The former usually mention something concrete (champion of..., XXX league, a time or score, ...) while the latter just mention the sport, often among other things.
- texasbigdata 6y agoPutting an ELO is like putting your SAT when you’re 25 and over: sort of aggressive and you better have a really high number!
- sokoloff 6y agoI scored fairly well on the SAT. I can’t think of anything short of a court order that would cause me to put it on my resume.
- jjk166 6y agoIf someone had bad education credentials (bad school, dropout, etc) but they put a high SAT score on a resume that would be a pretty concise way of communicating "it wasn't because I'm dumb"
- sokoloff 6y agoIt’s possible that the received signal would be “I test well, but I struggle to complete a structured, long-term course of action”, which probably isn’t that beneficial.
- jjk166 6y agoI'd still prefer that to "I both test poorly and struggle to complete a structured, long-term course of action" which is just as likely an interpretation if you left it off. At the end of the day, anything could be bad if viewed with sufficient cynicism, and you can't control how others will interpret what you present, you can only control the information which is presented.
- hinkley 6y ago"I'm only 28 and already washed up."