: About Me

Amy Hite is not a writer by birth. In fact writing doesn't always come easily to her at all. Yet still, she writes.

Current author of several children's books and a host of lifestyle articles, she burst into her adult life stumbling rather than swinging. A graduate of James Madison University, Amy went through a grand total of five majors before graduating with her B.B.A. Various careers in business management, human resources, financial services, child care, employment recruiting and motherhood have made her an expert in the school of life. Her calling still eludes her but she's always listening for it.

Amy's passion is her family and in her spare time she pretends to be a grumpy troll who rarely leaves the house.

She likes to say she's good at a lot of things, but not really great at anything. Prove her wrong and tell her she's great.

My passion is ...

my family.

I know too much about ...

celebrity trivia...way too much...it's embarassing.

My parents always told me ...

to do what you say you're going to do.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a pop star. Wasn't everyone's who grew up in the 80's?

My favorite memory ...

so many...my wedding day, the birth of my children, family vacations when I was little...

Why I write ...

to keep my sanity!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

just finished "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett. Fantastic!

My first job ...

Subway sandwich artist.

My best moment ...

giving birth - all 3 times. You feel so empowered!

My inspiration ...

my husband, because he inspires me to try harder, be better, and strive for things beyond all expectations.

Jobs & Careers > Resumes & Cover Letters Should you mention your hobbies and interests in your resume?

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Think of your resume as the first impression you make to a potential employer. You want it to appear polished, informative, and most importantly, grammatically correct. Now, put yourself in that potential employer's shoes. Weeding through what could be hundreds of resumes certainly cannot be fun, and when looking at stacks upon stacks of papers, there is a fine line between a well written resume and a jumble of nonsense words. When deciding whether or not to include hobbies and interests in your resume, consider whether they will qualify as a mere addition of nonsense words, or whether the...

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