Resume Question - Graduated in 2009 and played hockey
Hi Guys,
I was wondering if you could give me some advice regarding my resume. I graduated in December of 2009, but from 2004-2006 I played Jr. A hockey out west and in Canada. When I was networking my senior yr I included my junior hockey experience on my resume as if it were any other type of experience (internships, part time jobs, etc.). At the time it was great, it really helped to set me apart from my peers and gave me something to talk about during interviews.
I've been at my current position for almost 2 years, and I'm starting to update my resume and look for a new role. Now that I've been out of school for almost 3 years is this still a relevant experience to include on my resume, or am I just wasting valuable space?
Also should I move the education section so it's underneath the work experience, or leave it at the top?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I take it Jr. A hockey is akin to the minor leagues?
I would include it in an interests/hobbies section, but I wouldn't include it as you would work experience. At the very least it'll make a really cool story to BS about during an interview, and it shows team commitment, etc.
I have on my resume that I play softball and it's come up more than once during interviews.
Thanks for the input.
Playing Jr. hockey is a little different than most sports. It's not like a HS team or club team. In a nut shell, its the closest thing to a professional athlete lifestyle without getting paid (on a side note, many of my old teammates and roommates are currently in the NHL/ AHL). basically, you move away from home at a young age, live with a host family or get an apartment, play around 70-80 games, and are on the ice everyday. Any decent Jr. A team will have its games televised and usually will have a good fan base (any where from a few hundred to few thousand fans per game). It becomes your "9-5" as all you do is focus on hockey and travel.
You also do a lot of work in the community like working with charities, making hospital visits, helping out with fundraisers, etc. On my resume I've listed all of these extracurricular activities and community appearances. I'd like to leave a little section devoted to this, and not marginalize it like it was something I just did on the weekends for fun.
Do you guys think this is still relevant? or will HR/ recruiters not look at this the same way they did when I was coming out of undergrad?
thanks.
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