Poll: Can listing a niche hobby on your résumé help you land a job? Penulis thread: ProZ.com Staff
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Lieven Malaise 
Belgia
Local time: 07:53
Anggota sejak (2020)
Prancis ke Belanda
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Customers want quality for a reasonable price (open to debate what is understood by "reasonable"). If you're too expensive, you won't get the job. If you're really bad, you also won't get the job.
Mentioning niche or other hobbies won't change that. In other words: as a translator, don't focus on senseless details like this. You've got other fish to fry.
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Daryo
Local time: 06:53
Serbia ke Inggris
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| Not impossible, but low probability | Jan 31 |
Lieven Malaise wrote:
Customers want quality for a reasonable price (open to debate what is understood by "reasonable"). If you're too expensive, you won't get the job. If you're really bad, you also won't get the job.
Mentioning niche or other hobbies won't change that. In other words: as a translator, don't focus on senseless details like this. You've got other fish to fry.
It could change that: 'clients' are far from being some amorphous mass - for some a niche hobby might be a clincher.
Landing a job because you have a rare/niche hobby could happen, but it's more likely to happen by recommendation from other people in the same hobby rather than from the info in your CV. May happen occasionally, but more by accident than by design - not worth counting on it.
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Gregor Trebec
Slovenia
Local time: 07:53
Inggris ke Slovenia
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I did not mention my hobbies in my updated CV but now, when i look back, my past projects are closely related to my hobbies...
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Josephine Cassar
Malta
Local time: 07:53
Anggota sejak (2012)
Inggris ke Malta
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It might but it depends on the hobby and the clients' needs.
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Not in my case as my hobbies are not niche – reading, cooking, card games, puzzles, crosswords – and I don’t list them on my CV.
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Daryo
Local time: 06:53
Serbia ke Inggris
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| Another side of this story | Feb 1 |
I only ever made very few 'proper job applications' so I'm not sure when this HR fashion / fad to put your hobbies on your CV was started, nor why exactly.
But I know of at least one (possibly apocryphal) case when 'being creative with facts' backfired badly.
Some couch potato / pub crawler put in his CV as hobby 'climbing' - probably to 'enhance' his image.
He did manage to get to the interview stage, but ...
As bad luck had it, in the inter... See more I only ever made very few 'proper job applications' so I'm not sure when this HR fashion / fad to put your hobbies on your CV was started, nor why exactly.
But I know of at least one (possibly apocryphal) case when 'being creative with facts' backfired badly.
Some couch potato / pub crawler put in his CV as hobby 'climbing' - probably to 'enhance' his image.
He did manage to get to the interview stage, but ...
As bad luck had it, in the interviewing panel there WAS one pretty accomplished climber - who debunked this candidate’s bunkum in a less than 30 seconds chat.
Which did marvels for the credibility of the rest of his CV ...
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Liena V.
Latvia
Local time: 08:53
Anggota sejak (2014)
Prancis ke Latvia
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Everything that makes you stand out among others with similar qualifications can help (as long as it is true and you are contacting actual humans who read what you've sent them). People naturally tend to prefer those from their own community if they happen to share the same or similar hobby, some hobbies can also indicate potentially transferable skills or just show certain traits of personality.
I would certainly pay attention to that if I were a recruiter and had to choose ... See more Everything that makes you stand out among others with similar qualifications can help (as long as it is true and you are contacting actual humans who read what you've sent them). People naturally tend to prefer those from their own community if they happen to share the same or similar hobby, some hobbies can also indicate potentially transferable skills or just show certain traits of personality.
I would certainly pay attention to that if I were a recruiter and had to choose between several equally good candidates, but it probably applies more to in-house jobs with frequent daily interactions where personal relationships matter. In my experience as a freelance translator, sending a CV is usually just a formality after the rates and conditions have already been set, so I don't think it matters. ▲ Collapse
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Zea_Mays
Italia
Local time: 07:53
Inggris ke Jerman
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| Maybe the other way round | Feb 2 |
Chances are probably higher you'd land a job if you _specialized_ in translating niche hobby content.
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| The secret to landing a job | Feb 2 |
Another brilliant poll… apparently listing your niche hobbies is the secret to landing a job.
I guess all those years of experience, deadlines, and specialized skills don’t matter.
Let's forget professional expertise, education, and professional investment... Just mention that you collect stamps or brew artisanal kombucha and voilà, instant hire!
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