Extracurricular activities have a benefit for you even when you have a very mellow favorite activity like book reading. Extracurricular activities define who a person is, so yes, it is vital that you should follow your dreams as it is more or less the only possible way to make them real for students. Being diverse in choice of extracurricular activities is also a good thing but is not everyone’s piece of cake. People who are more open and confident, outgoing and social possess a variety of habits.

Every one of you is going to need a resume in your academic career and later on for real time jobs. Extracurricular activities come in handy in such situations. Not all companies require people with good grades but they focus more on personality traits and hobbies of a person as they explain more about a person’s capabilities than mere grades. The changing workplace environment and nature of the job has made it essential for firms to hire people who are more flexible and resilient to change. Following are the types of jobs that require you to be more involved in extracurricular activities:

• Marketing jobs (include advertisement industry, brand development etc)
• Jobs that require creativity like Idea Generation and Solutions.
• Mass communications jobs (journalism jobs)
• Blogging
• Publishing jobs including novelists etc.
• Public Relations Expert
• Mediators (helps in resolving issues between two parties)

Students at an early age should understand the importance of healthy and beneficial extracurricular activities. To follow your dream is the biggest challenge and you can do that by pursing your dreams at an early age and take part in activities that would later on help you get on the path towards your vision. Extracurricular activities look amazing on your resume provided you have the right type of activities mentioned and you actually have had them. They show how exceptional you were as a student and explain your level of responsibility and long term dedication. Following are the types of extracurricular activities that look really good on resumes:

• Blogging
• Volunteering & Fundraising
• Certain web skills.
• Proficiency in computer skills
• Sports –Teamwork, self discipline, motivation and reliability.
• Foreign languages
• Event Management
• Editorial work (school/college newspaper editor)
• Part of some music band, drama community etc.
• Book reading
• Debating