{"id":9040,"date":"2022-06-21T21:55:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/should-you-include-hobbies-in-your-cv\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T21:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:55:48","slug":"should-you-include-hobbies-in-your-cv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/should-you-include-hobbies-in-your-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Include Hobbies in Your CV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Should you\u00a0include\u00a0hobbies and interests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 2\u00a0reasons why you might include hobbies and interests in your CV:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They demonstrate\u00a0skills and experience relevant to the job<\/li>\n<li>They showcase personality and character traits relevant to the job and\/or organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The key is ONLY\u00a0to include information that is relevant to the job and\/or organisation to whom you are submitting your CV. If they are relevant to the job and\/or organisation\u00a0they have the\u00a0potential to help distinguish your CV\u00a0from other\u00a0candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are examples\u00a0of relevant\u00a0hobbies and interests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of how\u00a0hobbies and interests can be relevant in your CV include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"highlight\">President of a society or club (for those looking for management positions)<\/li>\n<li>Writing\u00a0and blogging (for those looking to become journalists)<\/li>\n<li>Sports and fitness\u00a0(for those looking to work as a sports coach)<\/li>\n<li>Cooking or baking (for those looking for jobs in restaurants)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering (for those looking to work in charity\/development)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Socialising with friends, eating out, going to the cinema and other hobbies and interests are\u00a0unlikely to add value to your CV (unless they are relevant to the particular job and\/or organisation).<\/ins><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who should include information on hobbies and interests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information on hobbies and interests can be\u00a0particularly useful for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School leavers, graduates and those lacking work experience<\/li>\n<li>Those applying for roles which are directly related to their hobbies and interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are an experienced professional such as a medical doctor it is unlikely that an interest in travel writing will secure you a new job in a hospital. However, if you are a recent school leaver or graduate looking for a job in journalism, marketing or public relations, then an interest in travel writing would be relevant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where should you include information on hobbies and interests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the majority of cases information on hobbies and interests should be included towards the end of a CV before references. The amount of information you provide\u00a0on hobbies and interests\u00a0should be based on how relevant it is\u00a0to the job and\/or organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you\u00a0include\u00a0hobbies and interests? There are 2\u00a0reasons why you might include hobbies and interests in your CV: They demonstrate\u00a0skills and experience relevant to the job They showcase personality and character traits relevant&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}