Recruiters say young people are trying to impress by detailing their pastimes on job applications, including everything from fitness goals to ‘having a brat summer’
Wall Street JournalNo, not good for them. It’s weird. Unless the job you’re applying for is professional marathon runner, why would anyone care?No, it shows that you’re going to spend your whole time in the office banging on about how you ran a marathon once. And then everyone in the office will hate me for hiring such a relentless bore.There is a strong argument for adding personal skills to a CV, but only if those skills are pertinent to the role in question.
If it requires an element of performance, say that you enjoy acting.A job that does not require people to run 26 miles as quickly as they can. Now, if you’ve got some insider information on the person doing the hiring, and you know that they have also run marathons in the past, then mentioning it on your CV might just nudge you closer to an interview. But if they haven’t, don’t. You never know – they might hate marathon runners.
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