5 Hobbies That Will Turn Your Resume from Good to Great

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One of the main questions that a candidate may ask when creating a resume is how to smoothly integrate information about their hobbies with other details. You can follow a traditional approach and just add a special block to your resume. However, if you think that this won’t work for you, you may add these details to the cover letter.

We would state that this is perhaps the best way to present such an information. The matter is that you create a cover letter to display the benefits the company will get when hiring you to a certain position. Thus, you will have enough room to tell how your hobbies affect your work, productivity or help to boost your creativity.

1. Yoga:Today, everyone takes care of their mental and physical health. We are living in a critically stressful environment and for most of the employees it seems almost impossible to handle stress successfully. There are many ways that help to deal with this problem and yoga is perhaps the most popular one. The HR managers know the effect of yoga, a person becomes more focused, less irritated and knows how to set goals and reach them. In case you are not sure how to present this information in your resume, you may just describe the effect that you get from regular practice.

Even though sports activities are not related to your job, yoga is a great hobby to demonstrate that you know how to handle emotions and how to stay emotionally stable when the situation is totally unbalanced. This hobby will suit any kind of job including finance and legal sector.

2. Extreme sports:Studies show that many of those who have leadership skill prefer extreme sports. If you have decided to apply to a top manager position, do not hesitate to add information about your preferences in extreme sports.  First of all, this extreme sports demonstrates that you are a risk-taker. Most of the companies are looking for the candidates who are ready to take risks and who understand that the slightest move can lead to catastrophic results. Those who participate in extreme sports perfectly understand that. Secondly, it will show that you feel absolutely comfortable with getting rid of all kind of boundaries. None obstacle will prevent you from starting to plan and turning your plan into actions. This is priceless for any company.

3. Blogging:It is always better to brag about your hobbies where you’ve got some prominent results. For example, if you just have a blog to post a couple of photos with a one sentence description once in a while, you should not include that in your resume. However, if you have a successful blog with a huge number of followers always point out this information. It does not actually matter what niche your blog is in. The potential employer will understand that if you managed to become famous your area of expertise, you will definitely be able to repeat your success in another niche.

4. Gardening:If you apply for a position of a sitter, medical service or customer support, gardening will be a perfect hobby to support your resume. Gardening will prove that you understand the importance of regular maintenance, keeping everything clean and tidy and day-by-day care. Besides, this type of hobby demonstrates that you are ready to take the responsibility and you are someone that everyone can rely on.

5. Volunteering:Even if volunteering had no benefits to a personal development at all, it still would be one of the best hobbies to include in your resume. Employers love to hire people who spend their free time working to help others. Additionally, the volunteers are generally responsible, open-minded and can estimate any risks.  We hope that you found the idea on how to make your hobby an additional tool to attract the attention of the companies and make your resume stronger. So add your hobby, dwell upon its benefits and enjoy the inflow of job offers.



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