When it comes down to the final months of the school year, there is no avoiding the rush of paperwork for that summer internship you and 2,000 people around the country are applying for. Most corporate companies require (along with your application) a cover letter and an interview, but employers will always demand a resume.

When writing a resume, it’s OK to include past job experiences and personal skills directed exclusively at the job description, but when do you cross the line from professional to irrelevant?

In a recent CNN article, Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs.com, said that one job candidate presented himself as a “pig wrestler champion.” Fell believed that although his hobby was interesting and set him aside from his peers, it wasn’t necessarily the right light in which he might have wanted to be perceived.

According to Nancy Paul, the director of the Career Development Center (CDC), she believes that it is perfectly fine to include hobbies or interests, but it’s important that the skills broadcasted from those hobbies are relevant, will reflect positively on the student and are displayed as a fundamental attribute to the job position.

“The bottom line is not to volunteer any information that could work against you. When in doubt, leave it off,” Paul said.

So it seems as though putting in that extra pizazz that you think you have might actually be detrimental to the reputation you want to be identified with. It’s true that employers are not willing to risk their business by hiring someone that they don’t believe can make the right decisions based on of the unsuitable odd pastimes people may put on their resumes — the ones that stray far from the job description.

Allen Ying, a sophomore biology major, thinks one should add that extra zing in their resume to stand out.

“If a person is applying to be some kind of surgical intern and all they’ve held are office jobs, then wouldn’t it be smart of them to put down like ‘fishing’ as their pastime if it is? Although fishing isn’t a very common hobby, it [could] show the person has patience and probably knows how to act quickly under unforeseen circumstances,” Ying said.

Unfortunately it’s not very likely for employers to give applicants the benefit of the doubt when they have so many other people lining up for the job who are more qualified.

It is also important to note that if you feel your r√É.√©sum√É.√© hasn’t done justice to your personality and qualification for the position, there is always room to impress the employer during the interview.

Paul also encourages students to utilize CDC services and resources, as it helps students build their resums and cover letters, as well as helps prepare them for interviews.