Comments on: The Hardest Working Man in Business? Management Lessons from Daddy Spears http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/12/29/the-hardest-working-man-in-business-management-lessons-from-daddy-spears/ A Community for Hiring Professionals - Attract, Engage & Retain Your #1 Asset Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:15:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: HRM Today - Blog Archive » How Much Do You Really Want to Know About Candidates? http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/12/29/the-hardest-working-man-in-business-management-lessons-from-daddy-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 HRM Today - Blog Archive » How Much Do You Really Want to Know About Candidates? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:47:04 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=1893#comment-1378 [...] week, what appeared at first to be a spam comment on my post turned out, on second glance, to be a legitimate (if slightly off-topic) comment/question from [...] [...] week, what appeared at first to be a spam comment on my post turned out, on second glance, to be a legitimate (if slightly off-topic) comment/question from [...]

]]> By: Sonia Zuzartee http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/12/29/the-hardest-working-man-in-business-management-lessons-from-daddy-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Sonia Zuzartee Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:20:24 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=1893#comment-1354 Hiya, I'd like your opinion on resume writing. Referring to your MSN article, 10 Ways Your Résumé Irks Hiring Managers, you mentioned points like "leave out interests and hobbies" and that links to personal sites displayed a lack of professionalism. I would normally agree wholeheartedly with you... when applying for jobs in my home country, Malaysia. What about people who migrate to another country? An example is if a person of Indian descent, but whose lifestyle is Westernised (like me) obtained a permanent residency in America. I'm sure many hiring managers have interviewed the 'typical' Indian, straight out of India who has difficulty adjusting to American culture. This would cause them to think Indians have no common interests/hobbies with American colleagues outside work. If I were to apply for a job in America, wouldn't it then be advisable for me to state my interests (e.g. watching 50s movies, listening to hip hop music, cooking Mediterranean cuisine) and even have a link to my blog on my resume to show a hiring manager the 'real me' outside of my work experience and qualifications? Thanks! Hiya, I’d like your opinion on resume writing. Referring to your MSN article, 10 Ways Your Résumé Irks Hiring Managers, you mentioned points like “leave out interests and hobbies” and that links to personal sites displayed a lack of professionalism.

I would normally agree wholeheartedly with you… when applying for jobs in my home country, Malaysia.

What about people who migrate to another country? An example is if a person of Indian descent, but whose lifestyle is Westernised (like me) obtained a permanent residency in America.

I’m sure many hiring managers have interviewed the ‘typical’ Indian, straight out of India who has difficulty adjusting to American culture. This would cause them to think Indians have no common interests/hobbies with American colleagues outside work.

If I were to apply for a job in America, wouldn’t it then be advisable for me to state my interests (e.g. watching 50s movies, listening to hip hop music, cooking Mediterranean cuisine) and even have a link to my blog on my resume to show a hiring manager the ‘real me’ outside of my work experience and qualifications?

Thanks!

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