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I agree with all your points. My exasperation comes from the CS field interviewing recent CS graduates. Many don't put the personal/hobby programming/adminning

by gcp 14y ago

I agree with all your points. My exasperation comes from the CS field interviewing recent CS graduates. Many don't put the personal/hobby programming/adminning/etc projects they have done on their resume. The result is a resume of less than half a page that lists their name, study and hobbies (outside CS!). And sometimes with sloppy formatting & layout. They presume "it wasn't real work" so it "doesn't count". I'll be the judge of what counts!

mhurron 14y ago
Who puts their hobbies on their resume?
- freehunter 14y ago
  If your hobby (programming, Arduino, security research) is relevant to your industry, it's a great way to tell people that you know and are interested in something without making it the main focus of your resume. If I'm applying for a network administration job, knowing the Linux source code wouldn't be required but you'd better believe putting "hobbyist Linux programmer" would do nothing to hurt your chances of being hired.
- gcp 14y ago
  Aside from what the other poster said about work-relevant hobbies, having hobbies on your resume can be handy for the interviewer. It allows some chit-chat to put the candidate at ease. It's typical here to put them at the very bottom. I've have interviewers in the Valley use the put-at-ease technique on me, so it must happen in the States too.