Originally Posted by
PearlPilot
I have been cleaning up/updating my resume a lot these days. Some say that you should list your hobbies. I am not sure if it is a good idea. My hobbies include don't laugh, reading, playing the guitar, running, and everything about aviation etc. For some reason I feel like this may not sound professional.
Those hobbies are fine, they'll glance at it and move on.
Not listing any hobbies might mean that they'll find another resume slightly more interesting.
If you list really cool or unusual hobbies or activities they might give you an interview just to hear more about it!
But I'd be leery about listing high-speed/high risk hobbies for two reasons...
1) Skydiving, rock climbing, motorcycles, car racing, ski racing, etc might indicate someone who has a good head on his shoulders and will hold up well under operational pressures in an airplane. But it might also indicate someone who is a bit reckless or anti-authority...the interviewer would have to talk to you in person to tell the difference.
2) Those kinds of activities carry an obvious risk of injury and subsequent medical leave/disability, regardless of whether you are reckless or not.
I would probably list no more than one such activity, that minimizes the chance that they'll think you're reckless and/or bound to get hurt eventually.
Originally Posted by
PearlPilot
Education: I only listed college, is high school or community college necessary?
List everything after HS that you graduated from, don't list incomplete programs unless it is still in progress. Only list HS if you have no college.
Originally Posted by
PearlPilot
and another questionable area I listed was "SKILLS" under this section I said I have an impeccable flying record, and experience in customer service etc.
I'm not sure about "impeccable" flying record...does that mean no accidents/incidents/checkride busts? If you're low time, that might mean you've just been "lucky" so far, as opposed to impeccable. A high-time pilot interviewer who has a blemish or two on his record might resent that, taking the view that your record might not be so impeccable either after ten years or ten thousand hours.
Since the lawyers and bean counters do care about those things, you are right to identify them, just be careful how you do it. Use words like clean FAA record, passed all checkrides on first attempt, etc.