Political Affiliations

Gael23

I have a fair
Y strong involvement in politics and I was just wondering how to deal with this when applying for jobs. It forms the base for skills listed on my cv from being on committees and various events etc so I think I need to mention it in some way.

dpofloinn

If its already on your CV there is probably no need to bring it up it has already been made known on your CV,let the interviewer raise any issue if there is any.I mean unless you are a far right fascist or far left communist agitator then your political allegiance should have no bearing on your employability and thankfully the days of civil war politics in the jobs front are behind us.If your experiance has been gained from political activity then it will come up in the interview so there will be no need to try an bring it up it will come up by itself. However, and I am not questioning your motives, I do hope it is not your intention to use your political connection or name drop in order to gain a favourable advantage in an interview

Mr. Loverman

As a manager my concern would be that you're going to be overly opinionated, egotistical and difficult to manage, so if I were you I'd focus on showing the interviewers that you're not going to be a problem.

(I'm not saying you're any of these things btw, but a lot of people involved in politics are.)

mikemac1

It can be an excellent point to bring up in an interview

Organising meetings, coordinating with other cummans, updating a website, writing press releases and for sure getting abuse as you knock on doors on dark evenings would toughen ya up.

I just hope for your sake it's a mainstream party and you're not a communist or something like that

Gael23

I won't be attempting to use it as a fain in any way. It's just something I'm involved in during my spare time.
It does however make up most of my skill sets from communicating with people on doorsteps to speaking at debates to being on committees and organising events and so on. I won't be including what party I'm involved with but I just wondered if it was best to leave it out altogether

Iwasfrozen

ryanf1 wrote: »

I won't be attempting to use it as a fain in any way. It's just something I'm involved in during my spare time.
It does however make up most of my skill sets from communicating with people on doorsteps to speaking at debates to being on committees and organising events and so on. I won't be including what party I'm involved with but I just wondered if it was best to leave it out altogether

So what party are you involved with?