Map Shows The Most Commonly Used Resume ‘Interests’ In Each State And People Are So F*cking Weird

Career site Zippia performed the unenviable task of sifting through 3,543,017 resumes to find out what people in each state put down as their “Additional Interests” and wow.

The results show a cornucopia of WTF and makes me wonder if anyone out there really knows how to fill out a resume.

Here’s how they did it…

We gathered up the most disproportionately common interests found on people’s resumes in each state across the country, by analyzing a veritable boatload of resumes. 3,543,017 to be exact. We then looked at which keywords appeared in people’s additional interests the most across the country. Then we made a nifty map, because, maps are fun.

What the map doesn’t show you, though, is just how crazily many resumes did mention these commonly used keywords. In Alaska, for example, you can see that the most used keyword was “trucks.” But, fun fact — “trucks” was actually mentioned in a (borderline fanatical) 232 resumes, out of 11,283. What is it with Alaskans and trucks?

As you will see, Alaska and “trucks” is the least of our concern here.

Really, North Carolina? Kardashians? Sure, as Zippia explains, it was in the context of doing work for them, but as they also point out, “Guys — don’t put Kardashian in your resume. No matter what.”

Meanwhile “Harry Potter” made the list in Rhode Island including one that listed “Harry Potter Science Night” on their resume. I really hope that was a teacher or something similar and not just because they’re a fan.

And while it didn’t top any of the state’s lists amazingly the word “porn” popped up. On a resume.

I don’t care what context that was used in, how does anyone think that’s a good move?

Check out the rest of the study over at Zippia.com.

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Before settling down at BroBible, Douglas Charles, a graduate of the University of Iowa (Go Hawks), owned and operated a wide assortment of websites. He is also one of the few White Sox fans out there and thinks Michael Jordan is, hands down, the GOAT.