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Originally Posted by qwikz28
hobbies have no business in your career. it would kill it for us. we enjoy working on our cars, but imagine having to do that every day. i would hate my car if i had to see cars everyday. i would just buy a hyundai or something. i don't know, blame my ethnic parents, but i believe there is no replacement for an education... or maybe i just want you guys to call me qwikz28 esquire  |
music is different. a true love for music can transcend everything... actually, now that i think about it, a true love for anything will push you through, no matter what.
we all know that kid in our neighborhood that used to love cars so much he could tell you what car was coming down the road just by listening to it. he became a mechanic, and he works like crazy, doing crazy hours and when he comes home he works on more cars. it's a burning desire for him, not something he can control to just the weekends.
but, back to music: i have always had a love for music, but far beyond "i like this song". it was more for me in figuring out what made that song tick, what makes it work, where is the groove? and it's a burning desire that has kept with me all of my adult life. it didn't matter how bad my day was, i could come home and pick up the guitar and CREATE something or just play along with the radio and lose myself in the music. that love didn't change when i got paid to perform, but it did evolve. hell, it's constantly evolving.
so don't say hobbies have no place in the workplace. i would put a special box on the application (if it didn't exist) asking the new applicants what their hobbies were. then, during the interview, ask them about their hobby. if their eyes lit up, if they spoke with passion, then they had an edge over the other applicants. if a fire burned inside of them for a hobby, i knew i had a worker on my hands. it didn't matter what that hobby was, only that they could feel passionately about something. some hobbies often lend themselves either directly or indirectly to success in the workforce.