Some People Are Putting Their Fitness Achievements on Their Resumes

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

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Runners are humble bragging about their athletic achievements on their resume to stand out among piles of applications. What do recruiters say about it? Wall Street Journal contributor Caitlin Carlson joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what job-seekers need to know before jumping on this trend. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.7	Here's your money briefing for Wednesday, December 18th. I'm J.R. Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.
0:25.9	A challenge many job seekers face is how to make their resume stand out among scores of others sitting on hiring manager's desks. Some are including athletic achievements, specifically their performance in marathons.
0:39.3	There's this idea of how you do one thing is how you do all things.
0:43.3	That was a theme that came through from the recruiters I spoke to and also the people who are putting this type of thing on their resume.
0:51.3	They believe a marathon, it's hard work, training for it
0:54.8	and the actual race itself. So those values that a marathon requires translate to the workplace.
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2:04.6	More people are including how they did on marathons on their resume.
2:05.9	Is that a good idea?
2:09.3	Wall Street Journal contributor Caitlin Carlson joins me.
2:11.2	Caitlin, is this new?
2:15.7	A few people I spoke with said that they've had it on their resume for a while now, but others were recently inspired to add it
2:18.5	after seeing a post about the topic on social media. So I don't think it's new so much as
2:23.9	growing in popularity. And Caitlin, I have to ask, are you a marathoner? And if so, is it on your
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