[austechwriter] Re: Resumes - should interests be included
- From: "Steve Hudson" <cruddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <meldixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 20:06:10 +1000
Evening Mel. Some good responses up there, I am firmly in the yes camp, but
also put them at the very end.
However, and this is going to sound snide or arrogant but I really don't
mean it that way, I was somewhat surprised that none of our little tech
writing audience picked up on the best reason for including interests, but
that is possibly because the CMM 4+ companies are few and far between.
A proper HR department also ensures there is a social club. Part of a proper
induction is the obtaining of new employee interests and matching them
against existing staff. If the resume includes it, this can be done
pre-arrival after acceptance, simplifying the induction process. This way
you easily form an instant contact circle of buddies which is and has been a
standard method for induction for many centuries or more. These buddies tell
you all the dumb-assed newbie stuff the forms forget or point you to where
it is doco'd :-)
Ideally your resume gets snipped into little bits and scattered to the
relevant databases, most fields have a HR purpose as well. Of course, most
companies (CMM 0-1) file the resume never to come out again at best, and
trash them afterwards as the normal.
I think the local big blue reps, IBM-GSA, have even used them to arrange
seating at corporate dinners before.
Besides which, with 20/20 hindsight, listing Star Trek was extremely
advantageous wherever I have been. LOL!
Steve Hudson
Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Dixon
Morning all,
My company sent the employees it retrenched on a three day job seeking
course.
The consultant running the course gave us a template with a layout and
headings of things that were expected to be included in a resume.
One of the headings was 'Interests'. I stopped putting this heading in my
resume a few years ago. I've never felt any potential employer was
interested.
What do other people think?
Cheers,
Melanie
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