Non-academic extracurriculars on CV?

[papillon]

Hey everyone,

I looked at some example CVs, and several included an "extracurriculars" category. Does this mean only extracurricular activities that are directly related to your field of study? That is what I assumed, but I have a lot of experience with volunteer tutoring, teaching English in Honduras, etc, and I just wanted to check before leaving that off. Thanks for your help!

[anonacademic]

I was going to say that you should leave off non-academic extracurricular activities, but the two you listed both have to do with teaching. In that case, I would include them, simply because they demonstrate a familiarity with an aspect of graduate/academic life. And especially if you haven't any experience teaching comp, they may help you secure a better paying TAship (compensation is sometimes based on experience).

[TheDude]

I have decided to add a section to my CV titled past work experience. Here I listed my non academic jobs while I was an undergraduate. If I was already an established Ph.D. I wouldn't keep that section on my CV, but because mine is only pages I decided to keep it, not to mention I think my past jobs are pretty cool and related, in part, to the kind of research I want to do at a couple universities.