it does depend on the type of job and who's hiring obviously.

but generally, no. dont mention your personality traits, at least not in a list-like fashion. yes, mention interests that are relevant to the particular position. no, dont include your myspace page.

i recently decided not to give a person an interview because they used the "word" '************' in their job application. my dad once decided not to give an interviewee the job after he ordered his coffee with 7-8 sugars.

in other words its really easy to piss off your audience when they have to see 50 other people/applications.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i recently decided not to give a person an interview because they used the "word" '************' in their job application. my dad once decided not to give an interviewee the job after he ordered his coffee with 7-8 sugars.

I fully lol'd at both of those.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN my dad once decided not to give an interviewee the job after he ordered his coffee with 7-8 sugars.

Does that much suggar even dissolve in coffe I never put any in, it only spoils the taste.

I only put hobbies in if they are somehow connected to to job im trying to get, otherwise they are out.


On the other hand a couple of weeks ago i asked advice in the core about how to write a "creative" job application since the hr lady told me to write just that but wouldn't elaborate on what that means. In the end i emailed them a flash movie with the words "This is a creative job application as you requested, so hire me" jumping across the screen just because it pissed me off that she was so vague about what to send in, just saying that since they are looking for creativity they will be ignoring any regular CVs one would send in normally.
Its been three weeks since i have done that and still haven't heard a word from them

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One or two hobbies are reasonable, they want to see what kind of person you are, not just what your qualifications are.

I put Geocaching down as a hobby of mine on my CV (which it is), and the first question I was asked in the interview was "Erm, tell me what Geocaching is". So I told them. Got the job in the end, probably had nothing to do with that but in any case it would have made them remember me, which is as important as having excellent qualifications.

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Originally posted by BTG because most of us like to get drunk and watch porn.

tr00f! maybe u should try putting that down to see if they actually read it

not at all ... i was asked in my interviews before ... and then you jsut make your self seem good .. do your own pr

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It depends what your hobbies are. If it's something that you think will make you look good, then go right ahead, otherwise just don't put anything. Alot of stuff still has some pretty heavy stigma attached to it. For instance I wouldn't put that I'm a hardcore gamer on my CV, because people are likely to draw the wrong conclusions from it, but I would put down that I love travelling. Personality traits are definately a good thing though. Focus on the positive and the relevant, if nessessary you can re-arrange the list depending on what position you're applying to.

My CV is structured somewhat like this:

-personal info
-competences (this is where I boast that I'm a people person, bilingual, that I know my way around computers, etc)
-education
-experience

No hobbies.

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only if it benefits your application, for instance, playing music in a band or something, shows u are capable of working in a team. that sort of shit.

playing video games, doing drugs, drinking etc isnt really what an employer looks for, sure they may admire your honesty but it aint gunna get u a job lol

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Originally posted by BTG Do you list your personality traits? hobbies etc? I can't figure out what the point of doing that is. It drives me crazy. I can't imagine an employer thinking "well this guy is qualified, but he likes to play video games. must be a slacker". Or the other way "Well, he doesn't have any experience flying a plane, but he goes to church, so god will guide him. and it's not like any of you put your real hobbies down when you do choose to tell them *more* about yourself, because most of us like to get drunk and watch porn.

Fishing is always neutral, whether you do it or not. Beating the living Christ out of homeless hoboes is probably not real good.

guess what.. i didnt read this thread at all.. not even the original post.. just letting all of u know im getting pretty drunk now..

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