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Resume' + Climbing 10-Mar-2009 At 1:25:10 AM climbingjac

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The personal interests section is relevant - it tells an employer how you might fit into the team with the other people already in place. It's valid. (In the UK it is one of the first sections read, I have found!) Let's say you are applying for a role that requires a lot of interaction with people, and yet your personal interests section pretty much says you actively avoid people when you have a choice, and just read or something all by your lonesome in your spare time, you might not be a good fit for the role.

I have climbing on my cv. It got me straight to interview and straight into the seat on one occasion - a team member with a lot of say in the matter was a climber and was keen to swap beta :-) I have found it comes up in interviews all the time ever since. It's a good icebreaker.