Shisha on a CV?

...and when not doing that, I enjoy going out with friends for shisha or a movie (preferably both).

Don't do it.

Whatever you do, do NOT include shisha XD

I know conventional wisdom stays to steer clear from potentially controversial stuff in your CV, which shisha is a grey area on, but I'm considering including that I smoke shisha in my spare time (I don't actually use the word "smoke" in the CV) on the basis that as a 20-something young person applying to a part-time retail position in hip retail stores, it's a very hip/young person thing to do, and will humanise me to the recruiters I'm handing the CVs out to more than anything else.

The rest of my CV is fairly geeky/dry, so I think that humanising element might be needed, just to prove I'm a fit for the culture. In addition, shisha isn't all that uncommon as a past-time in the UK nowadays, and it's not far off from being as normal as going to the cinema.

Based on the above justifications (and please do bother reading those if you're gonna reply to this thread), what are others' thoughts on this? Am I more likely to see success by leaving it out than I am by leaving it on?

Even better, does anyone know of a website/place where it would be possible to ask actual retail recruiters questions like this directly?

Thanks in advance.

I know conventional wisdom stays to steer clear from potentially controversial stuff in your CV, which shisha is a grey area on, but I'm considering including that I smoke shisha in my spare time (I don't actually use the word "smoke" in the CV) on the basis that as a 20-something young person applying to a part-time retail position in hip retail stores, it's a very hip/young person thing to do, and will humanise me to the recruiters I'm handing the CVs out to more than anything else.

The rest of my CV is fairly geeky/dry, so I think that humanising element might be needed, just to prove I'm a fit for the culture. In addition, shisha isn't all that uncommon as a past-time in the UK nowadays, and it's not far off from being as normal as going to the cinema.

Based on the above justifications (and please do bother reading those if you're gonna reply to this thread), what are others' thoughts on this? Am I more likely to see success by leaving it out than I am by leaving it on?

Even better, does anyone know of a website/place where it would be possible to ask actual retail recruiters questions like this directly?

Thanks in advance.

Did you read the whole of the post? If you did, what exactly is it that you think would still be a bad idea about it in light of my reasons for doing so?

As already mentioned, I already understand the conventional wisdom, so I don't really have time for people replying to this thread repeating it to me based on what they've always been told. I'm attempting to dig a little deeper than that here.

I know conventional wisdom stays to steer clear from potentially controversial stuff in your CV, which shisha is a grey area on, but I'm considering including that I smoke shisha in my spare time (I don't actually use the word "smoke" in the CV) on the basis that as a 20-something young person applying to a part-time retail position in hip retail stores, it's a very hip/young person thing to do, and will humanise me to the recruiters I'm handing the CVs out to more than anything else.

The rest of my CV is fairly geeky/dry, so I think that humanising element might be needed, just to prove I'm a fit for the culture. In addition, shisha isn't all that uncommon as a past-time in the UK nowadays, and it's not far off from being as normal as going to the cinema.

Based on the above justifications (and please do bother reading those if you're gonna reply to this thread), what are others' thoughts on this? Am I more likely to see success by leaving it out than I am by leaving it on?

Even better, does anyone know of a website/place where it would be possible to ask actual retail recruiters questions like this directly?

Thanks in advance.

You're better off putting better recreational hobbies in your CV, e.g. socialising with friends or a sport or maybe an instrument, you're probably thinking of being 'unique' or maybe 'different' from others by putting this, but just keep it simple.

I know conventional wisdom stays to steer clear from potentially controversial stuff in your CV, which shisha is a grey area on, but I'm considering including that I smoke shisha in my spare time (I don't actually use the word "smoke" in the CV) on the basis that as a 20-something young person applying to a part-time retail position in hip retail stores, it's a very hip/young person thing to do, and will humanise me to the recruiters I'm handing the CVs out to more than anything else.

The rest of my CV is fairly geeky/dry, so I think that humanising element might be needed, just to prove I'm a fit for the culture. In addition, shisha isn't all that uncommon as a past-time in the UK nowadays, and it's not far off from being as normal as going to the cinema.

Based on the above justifications (and please do bother reading those if you're gonna reply to this thread), what are others' thoughts on this? Am I more likely to see success by leaving it out than I am by leaving it on?

Even better, does anyone know of a website/place where it would be possible to ask actual retail recruiters questions like this directly?

Thanks in advance.

That's great, but literally every other job seeker out there is "keeping it simple" with the same thought process, so that's terrible advice for actually writing a CV that'll get a job. I'm putting it on there because it's the truth and for the reasons mentioned in my OP. I've included it as part of a line in the Interests section: "...and when not doing that, I enjoy going out with friends for shisha or a movie (preferably both)". I could put any of the others instead, but none of them would be true.

no offence, but this is a horrible idea. show you're humanising by adding things like you're active or go to the gym not that you smoke shisha mate. it's like including drinking as a hobby in your CV, you just don't do it

DUDE NO WTF
it's not going to 'humanise' you it's going to make you look like a bored stoner loser or worse a legit drug addict. no matter where you're applying, you have to make yourself seem professional and responsible, even if you risk sounding dry. save the 'personality' for the interview stage. if i owned or managed a store, the last thing i'd want to see on a CV was someone saying they did nothing but smoke in their spare time. idc if it's "normal", i'd dislike it if someone put that all they did was go to the cinema.
make yourself seem responsible, professional and earnest. you can put that you're readily available or that you're not very experienced but willing to learn ANYTHING
but don't put something that people look down on or could see as negative.

*sigh* Sometimes I forget TSR's average demographic

*sigh* Sometimes I forget TSR's average demographic

If you ask for people's advice on something, then don't like their advice, there's a good chance you were just looking for reassurance instead.

On another note, your CV is more cold hard data(employment+education) than a life story. Leave that for your cover letter if it's actually a relevant hobby to the job.

No, it's a ridiculous thing to put on a cv. Surely you've got something more interesting/relevant to go on there?

In that post, I was laughing to myself at the over the top post, and that smoking shisha in a social context can make you a "a stoner" and a "drug addict", and then I remembered that a significant portion of TSR is made up of middle-class kids who don't tend to venture outside much.