CVs for children: Chinese boy, 5, has ‘rich and varied experience and wide variety of hobbies’
- Résumé posted on social media includes details of personality traits, world map showing places he has travelled to and claims he has read 10,000 books
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A résumé for a five-year-old boy in Shanghai outlining his “rich and varied experience” and achievements has been met with sarcasm and disbelief after it was posted on Chinese social media.
Screenshots of the résumé were posted by entertainment blogger Kai Ba on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, on Tuesday, getting almost 20,000 comments and more than 37,000 shares.
The document claims the boy – who attends an elite kindergarten in the city – has “an independent personality, rich and varied experience, and a wide variety of hobbies”.
It includes his parents’ qualifications, and gives a detailed breakdown of his personality traits. Under the heading “Can withstand defeat”, it reads: “If I get told off, I can quickly adjust my mood and actively dedicate myself to my studies.”
It also boasts that the boy does not cry when getting injections and that he is “strong willed” because he quickly gets up if he falls over, something he has done since he was six months old.
A world map shows the list of places he has travelled to, while the résumé also claims he has read 10,000 books in Chinese and English – demonstrating his “rich and varied experience”.