Graphic resume templates invite clients to add a hobbies section as personality. On a workforce resume, that space is usually better spent on experience the employer can use.
Hobbies are also subjective. The wrong list can distract or give a reader an excuse to screen someone out. There are safer ways to show personality without an Interests line that lists hiking, cooking, and Netflix.
Ask the client to show the interest through relevant activity: volunteer work, a pro bono project, a community role, or a professional affiliation. That gives a glimpse of values and still names skills, scope, and impact.
Here is volunteer work formatted as experience, not as a hobby:
Photography skill and immigrant-advocacy interest show up through impact, not a hobbies line.
Community involvement can also signal culture fit when it maps to the employer. A designer applying to a bicycle company can include leadership in community rides as experience:
If the interest is relevant but there is no formal experience yet, put one short, specific sentence in the cover letter. Keep the resume for proof.