srsly...charity walks on your resume?

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I reviewed a resume yesterday for a position @ my company.  She had a good resume.  JD from a decent school, detailed out her experience, and listed pro bono work.  She also listed her volunteering & professional affiliations in a separate section, which is fine b/c I like to know people are involved in something besides work.....but she also listed stuff like "Houston Race for the Cure - participant, 2002-2006" for about five different charity walks.  I mean, seriously...you spend 30 minutes a year running a 5K, it doesn't need to go on your professional resume.  We're an oil and gas company, not a non-profit.

Mrs.JulesH-S

Yeah the walks take it a bit far.  We get some real whoppers. I dont care if you like to garden and take walks under the stars. 

rayskit10

when i was recruiting, we got all kinds of doozies. i always loved the guys would would put "single" as part of their header.

houstonkdw

rayskit10:

when i was recruiting, we got all kinds of doozies. i always loved the guys would would put "single" as part of their header.

 

That just made me laugh.  Seriously?

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rayskit10:

when i was recruiting, we got all kinds of doozies. i always loved the guys would would put "single" as part of their header.

Awesome!  One time a guy submitted a photo with his.  For a job in finance.  It did not help his cause.....

duchess281

I had a girl attach a photo of herself to her resume once. It was taken at a bar and cropped on the side (guess she was standing by someone). The table full of empty glasses and beer bottles in front of her - not cropped out.

rayskit10

houstonkdw:

rayskit10:

when i was recruiting, we got all kinds of doozies. i always loved the guys would would put "single" as part of their header.

 

That just made me laugh.  Seriously?

 yeah, you can't make that stuff up.

poook:

Awesome!  One time a guy submitted a photo with his.  For a job in finance.  It did not help his cause.....

many of the "singles" would also attach a photo. which sucked b/c it is pretty much illegal to even look at it, never mind make an open judgement by it. it did make for fun watercooler chat though.

jessbravo93

I'm actually glad I came across this post. I cannot blame the person for putting, "Houston Race for the Cure - participant, 2002-2006" since most schools encourage their students to put these kind of details about themselves in order to make them "stand out."