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Re: Your Resumes
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Dec 1999 17:14:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> Maybe in your area. In Sillycon Valley, a SHORT Interests section gets you
> noticed. Most companies here want to know if you are a fit technically AND
> psychologically.
Here in NoVA it's pretty much the same as SV, and I'm in the internet/software
industry too. When I look at a resume', I couuld care less about their
hobbies and interests, I'm looking for skills and experience.
I use the interview to assess their personality and communication skills.
Just about anything is fair game to bring up in an interview, but you have
to play it as you see it. Certainly if you see LEGO in the interviewers
office you shoulud bring it up.
A quick search on google turned up this bit of advice:
(hobbies is #7
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/yana24.htm
KL
> Again, not in Sillycon Valley - all I ever get is people in shock, then...
> "Cooooool!". Or people stopping by, telling me they have been walking by my • cube
> for months marvelling at all the sets.
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> And at least 4 other coworkers in my immediate area now have Lego in their • cubes
> ;-)
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> Nerf and Lego are legion in the engineering world.
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> > In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong writes:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Do you people include "Lego enthusiast" under the heading "Hobbies &
> > > Interests" in your resumes?
> > >
> > > Bryan
>
> --
> Tom Stangl
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| (...) Maybe in your area. In Sillycon Valley, a SHORT Interests section gets you noticed. Most companies here want to know if you are a fit technically AND psychologically. (...) Again, not in Sillycon Valley - all I ever get is people in shock, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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