Timeline for Should academic CVs include reviewing, non-academic service, hobbies and languages?
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 16:48 | comment | added | Davidmh | @TobiasKildetoft My (basic) knowledge of Swedish would help me learning German, which would be useful if I was hired in a German-speaking university. Also, showing that I speak three languages, I could more easily pick up a fourth one than someone that only speaks English. | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 14:23 | comment | added | David M W Powers | If a person gets to an interview with me personally, I will always ask about their hobbies and interests! Whether they've mentioned them or not in their CV. But for some positions, in misguided attempts at equity, the committee determines a common set of questions for all short-listed candidates and if it is not in the CV, the opportunity to see these other aspects to their fit for the position may be lost. The point is not whether they have hobbies or interests, but which they are and what that tells us about the person. | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 14:17 | comment | added | Oswald Veblen | It would be strange for a native English speaker to list English as a language. But, for an example from mathematics, if a number theorist or algebraic geometer indicated French, it would not be so odd - there are important works in that language that are not available in translation. At the same time, I don't think it would make more than a tiny change in the strength of the CV. | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 14:28 | comment | added | Anonymous Mathematician | Listing language skills is certainly not universal, so you should feel free to omit it (especially if you have a track record of papers and talks that would make it clear that you have adequate language skills). I think it's most common for junior people (who may not have a clear track record in this respect), those who have unusual skills, or others for whom it's not obvious. | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 9:22 | comment | added | Tobias Kildetoft | Do you have an idea of approximately how common it is for people to list language skills? For me it would seem weird to list for example that I am fluent in English, simply because I would expect practically all other applicants to also be fluent (or at least close enough that it does not really matter). | |
| Dec 7, 2014 at 2:34 | vote | accept | Thomas Lee | ||
| Dec 6, 2014 at 22:54 | history | answered | Anonymous Mathematician | CC BY-SA 3.0 |