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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I know it is fun and funny to pretend that we are all so fucking busy and important that we don't care about anything except how much work the poor young candidate will do for us. But, and maybe this is just a function of my idyllic Midwestern law firm existence, I have personal interests and I expect you, the candidate, to have some too. I am indifferent as to whether you put them on your resume, and for reasons I mentioned above, it may be best not to given that there seems to be a lot to lose and little to gain. But I actually socialize with some of my co-workers. Some of them are funny as shit and do really interesting stuff. Moreover, even out here in the Heartland, I still spend a great deal of my time working. This job is too fucking boring on its own. To have to spend a significant portion of my life doing law firm work with personalityless drones would be too much to take. If I get the sense that drafting motion papers about discovery disputes is going to be the most interesting thing in your life, you are history.
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The personal interest section of a resume is always "Head of Young Lawyers' Division Social Committee" or "Red Cross Volunteer Zeus Committee Vice-Secretary". Its all usually a glop of horseshit meant to show the firm that your entire life is devoted to "worthwhile" organizations which can bring business into the firm and make you sound you a super-humanitarian.
I just list skiing, golf and that I wrote a book. I see no reason to tell folks how many rubber chicken United Way dinners I did last year or that I'm on some board at the museum or the local YMCA.
If I had a stitch of honesty, I'd say:
Personal:
Social gatherings, parties, eating out, happy hour, happy afternoon, going to the gym, social gatherings, going to the beach, biking, recreational substance abuse, buying tons of cds, internet porn, banging the old lady, regular bowel movements, etc...
Now how much money can I squeeze out of you, pencil neck?
