Let's talk about hobbies and special interests. I saw an article saying these should be included on resumes now. Is this real? Why would employers care about our hobbies?

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I would love a hiring manager or recruiter to weigh in on this, because this sounds like absolutely terrible advice to me. It's always been my understanding that you're supposed to keep resumes as short and sweet as possible. I could maybe understand talking about hobbies during the interview process, but it seems totally out of place on a resume.

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I don't think it's a good idea to spend more than a line or two on hobbies (or volunteer projects). But it's a chance to show you've got some personality, so if you've got an interesting hobby you might as well include it. If your hobby is something ordinary and it's really not to your benefit to mention it, you might as well omit it.

As a hiring manager, I would see it, think “hmm weird”, and skip it.

Unless you have some hobby or something doing in your past time that is related to the job you’re applying for or some volunteer experience in that hobby or it’s some skill set that I’m hiring managers might find valuable then leave it off hiring managers don’t care about hobbies or what you do in your free time if they do, they’ll ask you that arbitrary question during your interview

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