robertst
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 01:06 AM |
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Resume
Would it be too cheeky to mention in my resume/CV that i'm building a locost from scratch?
Tom
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Alan B
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 01:15 AM |
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Why cheeky?
It's a perfect thing to mention I would have thought if the jobs you seek have even the slightest technical content.
Even if not I can't see how it could hurt...better than saying you sit round and watch TV in your spare time...
IMO
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 02:28 AM |
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i once spoke to a guy i met on a skiing holiday who owned his own company developing high tech airport scanners.
I mentioned that i was building a race car and he told me that when he was hiring a new guy, the fact that one guy had built and modified a land rover
clinched the deal for him and got him the job.
Its a perfect thing to mention. You should read all the crap on my resume. Just about anything ive even thought about i said i was currently
"designing"
[Edited on 7/5/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
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Macbeast
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 05:29 AM |
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Yes, do - I once hired a guy because I was impressed that he had built his own computer ( back in the 80s  )
I wouldn't use the term "locost" - makes it sound trivial - maybe something like " replica of a 1957 sports car "
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chris_smith
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 06:46 AM |
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not cheeky at all i put it on mine (cv over here) i started the new job 5 weeks ago
and its a multi metal supplier so guess who's getting cheap steel and ali
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 06:48 AM |
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Probably best to edit the truth slightly if youre project has taken 6 years and left you completely unmotivated and you havent looked at it in months
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smart51
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 06:57 AM |
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A section at the end of a CV including your personal interests is a good thing in the eyes of most interviewers. It gives them something to talk to
you about to build up a raport. It gives you depth as a person. Make sure your interests are not weird though.
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oldtimer
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 07:06 AM |
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I think it depends on the work you are going for. I would include it in a resume for any job there it would be considered a bonus or interesting.
I'm sure there are equally as many jobs where it might be considered excentric where excentricity is not what they are after, my wife thinks it
a very peculiar thing to do!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 07:39 AM |
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I list all the hobbies I do, which is a lot.
I have got good jobs based on that more than my qualifications.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 07:41 AM |
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As Smart51 says, that section of your CV is your opportunity to lead the interviewer into chatting about non-work stuff and is probably where they are
going to try to get to know you as a person (you will probably start to relax and they get to see the real "you" . I have badminton in my
CV and having played county / internationally including managing the county team it did go a fair way to helping me get a job. Just need to be careful
in the interview you dont rabbit on too much.
Put it in for sure...... just careful on wording
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gingerprince
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 08:16 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Make sure your interests are not weird though.
I have in front of me the profile of a couple of our assigned IT support call-centre representatives (based in India). There's a hobbies field
so you can get to know what the guys are about.
One of them lists "playing cricket, football". fine, a sporting kinda guy.
The other lists "surfing net, music & roaming".
I'm not sure what he means by "roaming" but I think I'd rather not find out
So yes, list your hobbies as talking points, but careful on the wording!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 08:19 AM |
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I put it in, and I start in two weeks! The role includes some project management so I worded it in that manner.
Horses for courses, if your applying for a job at green peace or a speed saftey partnership I'd leave it out
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mackei23b
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 08:41 AM |
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One fo my friends raced cars and had that on his C.V.
The interview only discussed racing and he got the job!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 09:02 AM |
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When I got interviewed for Weatherford my future boss was wanting to build an Austin Healey replica, guess what we discussed in the interview and he
was delighted when I brought a build manual I had for one the day I started...
My boss here, an Italian guy has recently discovered that I also have the manuals for vintage cars, yip he’s got one back home an old Ford T needing
restored
[Edited on 7/5/08 by Mr Whippy]
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BenB
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 09:17 AM |
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I'd definately put it in- in fact I did put it in my CV and it's always gone down very well (well I had to try and explain what I did in a
6 month sabatical other than sit on my arse and have a long holiday in Thailand!!)
Shows commitment to a project, external interests, practical skills etc.... When I'm hiring people if they haven't put anything at all
about external interests I start worrying!!!
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02GF74
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 09:55 AM |
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yes.
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RK
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 12:32 PM |
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Anything that makes you sound interesting and different from the crowd. People like stories, so don't be afraid to tell them about your project
(s). He doesn't have to know how geeky and weird car people can be!! Not that I would know.
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iank
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 12:49 PM |
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Yes, put it on (be careful about putting on too many interests as it looks like you'll spend more time on them than 'putting in the extra
mile for the company' urgh) but fleshing yourself out as a person always helps. Top tip: if you design and make your own bondage gear
don't bother
One thing to be very careful about is making up stuff because it sounds more interesting. If you end up in front of someone who knows about the
subject you can end up doing terminal harm to yourself. i.e. saying you built it in 2 months for £200 but it's now worth £20k does 0-60 in
2secs with a 4litre pinto you machined yourself...
I've been offered jobs on the strength of a hobby and ended up talking in detail for an hour on the subject in a 45min slot. The interviewer
turned out to be an expert on the subject (fpga cpu design) who would have thought!
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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dhutch
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 03:04 PM |
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Yeah, i would deffonatly put it if its at all relavant.
- I agree as well that you should use the word 'locost' as the guy may not have heard of it. 'Lotus seven replica kit car' o
whatever sounds bob on however.
I mentioned on my CV for uni aplications (mechnical engineering) that i 'ran and operated a steam narrowboat' along with a list of various
other hobbies.
One of the guys really picked up on it, asking about the boat and the like, who owned it, who i ran it with and the like.
- I think at the start he thought i'd done about one weekend as tea boy on a trust owned boat or somthing.
When i said my grandad (a chartered ImechE and IEE engineer himself) built it, it was now owned by my mum, and that i now run and maintained it myself
eather with my younger brother or a freind from 6thform helping, taking it around the country to rallys and festivals.
And was then able to fully answer a load of technical questions he was clearly on the edge of even being able to ask. He sort of smiled and said
somthing like 'yeah, i think you would be a great engineer' or somthing like that.
Daniel
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mr henderson
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 03:15 PM |
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I've done a little bit of recruiting in the long ago past, and something like that in the hobbies and interests section is really going to make
you application stand out.
You would hardly believe the number of boring people that apply for jobs. Being interesting is probably the single most important attribute an
applicant could have
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iank
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 03:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Make sure your interests are not weird though.
I have in front of me the profile of a couple of our assigned IT support call-centre representatives (based in India). There's a hobbies field
so you can get to know what the guys are about.
One of them lists "playing cricket, football". fine, a sporting kinda guy.
The other lists "surfing net, music & roaming".
I'm not sure what he means by "roaming" but I think I'd rather not find out
So yes, list your hobbies as talking points, but careful on the wording!
Roaming is an Americanism I think which translates to hiking/walking in the UK. But that list looks like a generic copied from a sample one to be
honest - seen it a thousand times on graduate CVs. (just needs reading, watching films to make it complete )
Try asking 'what's your lifetime highest innings in a match?, when was that?' if he can't answer in a few seconds he
hasn't played for a while.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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robertst
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| posted on 7/5/08 at 06:23 PM |
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thanks for the replies! some were very amusing...
actually i met with a company interviewer a week ago and asked him what not to do when writing CVs and what were the most ridiculous he had seen... he
told me to be very brief with hobbies and not write "excellent communication skills" or "excellent team worker" because thats
what everybody puts in their CVs
about the most ridiculous CV he had ever seen, he told me a guy had put, right in the top of the cv where people look first and probably only, his two
hobbies: walking his dog and reading.
i suppose it should be beneficial to mention my build, even if i'm applying to a job that is totally not related to the locost or technical
guff...
[Edited on 7/5/08 by robertst]
Tom
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RK
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| posted on 8/5/08 at 02:18 AM |
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And for God's sake, don't tell them how much time you spend chatting with other car people on the internet! Even if it has replaced the
local public library.
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