I recently ran a CV preparation course at a UK University for the Legal Practice Course students there. One of the issues that arose during the seminars was the relevance & importance of activities and interests in a CV, and it was interesting that the vast majority of people there had very little to write down on their CVs. Some had put socialising with friends or going on to Facebook and others had put 'playing with my playstation' or 'reading a crime novel'. Activities and interests are probably the third most important part of your CV. Firstly because when you go for a job interview, you need to have something to talk about with the person interviewing you, and if you have a set of activities and interests, an interviewer can discuss these with you and particularly so if they share something in common. If you do not have anything in common it makes it very difficult to talk about much... I can think of plenty of interviews where I struggle to think of my next qu...
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