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Putting College Athletics on Resume?

Hi! I'm helping my husband write his first resume ever (he currently works for the family business, but it looking for a new career). We are both about 10 years out of college and both played sports in college. I had my college team listed under "Personal" along with my volunteering and sorority experience, but I recently took the team out since I thought it was a little dated and I wanted less clutter. Anyways, I was wondering if I should include my husband's athletic experiences because, although it took place 10+ years ago, they went to the national championships. I think it's pretty impressive, but I'm not sure if that would wow potential employers, especially if he is looking to get into a career that is not at all related. Thoughts? If you graduated college about 10 years ago, did you include extracurriculars that aren't really relevant? TIA!

Re: Putting College Athletics on Resume?

  • I kind of feel like those things are just resume fillers.  I don't think someone who is 10 years out of college should need fillers anymore.  However, if he went to the National Championships he could add someone about that in an Accomplishments/Awards/Honors section, but it should only be there if there are several of career-related things too.
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  •  IMO, I would not have it on there. With ten years of work experience, there really isn't a reason for extra-curricular activies to be on a resume anymore. Work experience is much more important to a hiring manager.

    What sport was it? Was it D1? Answering this might change my answer.

    For example, if he played D1 basketball for Duke and was on the NCAA 2001 championship team, and you happened to live in NC where people would be interested...I may say leave it.

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  • Unless he's applying to be a coach - no, leave it off. It was 10 years ago and isn't really relevant to most jobs, so it would look (at best) like desperate resume filler and (at worst) a man who can't get over his glory days ala Al Bundy.
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  • As long as it's one line under education it's OK to leave it as a point of interest to set him apart & give the interviewer something unique for him to talk to DH about.

    Resume should be organized as follows:

    Name

         Contact info

    Relevant work experience

    Education

         leadership positions at school

         clubs & activities

         sports

     

  • I only put mine on there for jobs where it's relevant (like a teaching job that includes a coaching responsibility)
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    As long as it's one line under education it's OK to leave it as a point of interest to set him apart & give the interviewer something unique for him to talk to DH about.

    Resume should be organized as follows:

    Name

         Contact info

    Relevant work experience

    Education

         leadership positions at school

         clubs & activities

         sports

     

    No, not if you're 10+ years out of school. If after 10 years of being in the professional workforce you have to put college clubs and activities on your resume, you're in trouble.
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  • Only if it is relevant to the job (or you want to leave it on for very strategic reasons, like you know the recruiter went to College X and loves baseball and you played baseball at College X and know it will catch their eye).  For example, my sister was a varsity college athlete.  For one type of resume (the office job resume) she doesn't list it at all.  For her other resume (the coaching/sports complex managing resume) she makes it clear that she was a student athlete, etc. because it is clearly related to the job.
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