Gender and Career Success
On many resumes, the applicant will list their extracurricular activities and interests. If nothing else, it gives the interviewer something with which to break the ice, a conversation starter that is not all that relevant to the job for which the applicant is being interviewed. Or is it? People put down their extracurriculars in part because they think that companies want to know those things. It can look good to say that you help the homeless, or referee youth soccer. But does any of that actually matter in terms of career success?
There has not been much work done to measure the link between extracurricular activities and career success. A lot of the research that does exist comes from the education field and relates to students. At that level, at least, there is evidence to support the idea that extracurricular activities are beneficial. Students who participate in extracurricular activities do better in school, when other factors have been accounted for. IN particular, students who struggle with interpersonal competence seem to benefit the most from extracurricular activities (Mahoney, Cairns and Farmer, 2003).
But what about adulthood, and career success?...
extracurricular activities encompass the activities that students take part in, which are not constituted in the sphere of normal curriculum of the schools. These activities are perceived in all school levels. Extracurricular activities (ECA) include different activities, such as clubs, sports, art, music, drama and even the school student newspaper (Massoni, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to highlight the positive impacts of ECA on the eventual career
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Extra-Curricular Activities and Career Success Leadership is defined as a set of attitudes and skills, which can be practiced and learned at a very young age. Through community service activities, sports, and school clubs, the adolescents explore their strengths and learn how to make a difference on their parts. Several adolescents who have taken active part in the extracurricular activities have reported to have strong opportunities of leadership and a much
Military Deployed Parent Perceptions of Involvement in the Education of their ChildrenChapter Four: FindingsOverviewThe purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions and lived experiences of deployed military parents regarding active involvement in their child�s education. It begins with an examination of the experiences of the 12 participants as revealed through questionnaires, interviews, artifacts and focus groups. It then identifies the three themes that emerged through
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