Crazy Hobbies Found on CVs
I’m not sure including hobbies on a CV really makes much sense, but people still do it. All the time. I suppose it shows another side of the applicant, but oftentimes they’re pretty dull sounding and don’t really do the applicant justice. Well here’s a list of hobbies (found at Sirona Says) that definitely stand out (although that’s probably NOT a good thing in this case!):
- Chinese Folk Dancing
- Dog Surfing (???)
- Painting toy soldiers from the Crimea War
- Abnormal psychology of sharks
- Ladybirds (??)
- Medieval Re-enactment Society
- Vampires
- Collecting Tea Pots
- Body Piercings
- Collecting Fighting Boomerangs
I’ve seen lots of resumes, but I’ve never seen any of these hobbies/interests listed. Most often, the hobbies that stand out for me are related to martial arts. People who are black belts in karate, or experts in Krav Maga. What happens if you don’t hire them? Or you do hire them, only to reprimand them later on for something? I like my teeth where they are … and the rest of me, for that matter.
Does this mean you guys are going through the resumes coming through your system for your client companies? I haven’t read your privacy policy, but I would think twice before using your product if I knew my data was being read by humans.
Tayyab,
Not at all. Resumes that I’ve seen are from my own personal experience in hiring - not from reading the resumes of applicants to our customers. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
chinese folk dancing seems alright to me. although the 9 others are a bit crazy.
are you doing martial arts by the way?
@heri: Nope, no martial arts for me. I probably should, to keep these guys at Standout Jobs in line though.