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Call to ban interests from CVs

Many employers are tired of job hunters’ attempts to make themselves sound interesting. Recruiters are asking for the CVs they receive to have the interests sections removed, according to research by recruitment consultancy Unity Personnel.

The research found that 67% of Unity’s clients stated they no longer wanted to see applicant’s interests on their CVs.

Unity also revealed the most and least interesting interest named on a CV. Unsurprisingly, socialising came top of the list for the most common, closely followed by watching television and going shopping. Unusual interests mentioned on CVs include body popping, lizard breeding and body piercing.

Alison Haw, recruitment director for Unity, said: “We’ve had candidates displaying a real sense of originality in the interests section of their CVs, but unfortunately this isn’t the norm. This section is also often full of lies or mistruths, and so managers are frequently disregarding the interests of their future employees.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .