Question:
A friend in the finance world sent me a resume where a guy put poker on his
resume. This guy has a top notch education and for personal interests he lists a
paragraph full of poker tournaments, placings, cashes, etc.
My advice to you up and comers is do NOT put poker on your resume unless you are
applying for a poker job. And for heavens sake don't put your picture on the
resume, especially if you are goofy looking.
And the funny part is (cue it's a small world music) this guy is an RGP'r.
Answer:
- Ok, you have to tell us who it is (and post the poker part of the
resume).
- Care to coment on the ethics of passing resumes, given in confidence, for
coctail party laughs?
No it's not mine.
- I don't put a paragraph down but I definitely mention it in interviews and put
it under interests in my resume or bring it up in a cover letter. It's so
popular and "in" nowadays that a lot of people love it.
- There's no expectation of privacy in a resume. The whole point is to get it
passed around. Back when I used to hire people I hired lots of people because
of resumes that got passed to me by somebody else.
But, poker's popular, I don't see why not put it on your resume. In the 80's I
used to put cocaine use on my resume, I thought it was important to protray
myself as a happening guy, in touch with popular culture.
- There's no expectation of privacy in a resume. The whole point is to get it
passed around. Back when I used to hire people I hired lots of people because
of resumes that got passed to me by somebody else.
But, poker's popular, I don't see why not put it on your resume. In the 80's I
used to put cocaine use on my resume, I thought it was important to protray
myself as a happening guy, in touch with popular culture.
