A total of 159 different hobbies were listed across the resumes. The top ten most frequently listed were: 1st reading, 2nd travelling, 3rd Golf, 4th Tennis, 5th Swimming, 6th listening to, music,7th family ,8th rugby, 9th snowsking, = 10th fishing and going to the gym. Some of the least frequent included collecting cigarette cards, washing the car, tap dancing and keeping reptiles.
In Amazing Resumes published in the USA (and in Brilliant CV for the UK and Resumes that get shortlisted for Australasia) I use the idea of the first date as a way of thinking about what you are trying to do in a job application (i.e. emphasise the positive, eliminate the negative, and maximise the ...
Bright and Earl’s Brilliant CV [also Amazing Resumes ED.] is not another Resumes 101 or Resumes for Dummies. Grounded in research on resumes by organizational psychologists, human resource managers, and recruitment consultants, and relying on interviews of hundreds of recruiters across different industries, Bright and Earl provide invaluable insights for teachers and students of business communication.
