Employers generally focus on grades, work experience and areas of expertise. If your extracurricular activities have added to your skills (for example, you wrote for the college newspaper and you’re looking for a job as a journalist), then they will be of interest to an employer. If your extracurricular activities show that you have achieved at a high level, they will also be of interest (if you were a varsity athlete on a strong team, most employers will consider that a plus). And most employers want to hire people who have exhibited hard work, dedication and organizational ability and your extracurricular activities can often highlight those skills.
Some institutions have decided to include references to extracurricular involvement on student transcripts. This is not universally done, however. A student would more likely include these references, when relevant, on his/her resume/CV.
Some institutions have decided to include references to extracurricular involvement on student transcripts. This is not universally done, however. A student would more likely include these references, when relevant, on his/her job resume/CV.
Employers will look at your resume. Does your resume include leadership positions in clubs and organizations either on campus or in your community? It should! Employers aren’t looking for a specific number of activities. Instead they want to see skills, talents, and habits that indicate your potential as an employee. You can acquire and heighten these skills through extracurricular activities. A word of warning – your potential employers may not think you position as captain of the campus beer-pong team shows leadership as much as it shows potential negatives. Use good judgment when including leisure based extracurriculars.
Employers may look at extracurriculars simply because it demonstrates that you weren’t all work and no play. Your participation in activity XYZ may prompt a fun conversation during the interview because of some connection for the interviewer. Some firms may sponsor rec leagues and be happy to know you’d be a contributing member to the team. Employers like knowing that you may have a passion beyond your field of study, that makes you more “human” and usually more personable.
Some do, some don’t. It’s better to have them than not.
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