Resume Personal Section Advice: When to Include Outside Interests Like Burning Man or Politics
I often get asked whether it’s a good idea to include a resume personal section, or if it’s just offering unnecessary information that might risk hiring discrimination. Should you mention your annual trek to Burning Man where you manage a team building a huge art project? What about the years in college organizing the Young […]
Personal Section or Not? Ways to Show the Real You on Your Resume
A while back, there was a blog post on a the TechRepublic site about three mistakes people make on their resumes. The writer listed having a personal section of interests and hobbies on your resume as one of those mistakes. (If you’d like to read the whole thread, you can go here.) I’m in complete […]
