How To Choose The Right Skills To Include On Your Resume
by My First Boss Shaping freshersHow To Choose The Right
Skills To Include On Your Resume
Have you ever felt that you are the best fit for a
job opening, but you even didn’t get a call for the interview? When it comes to
self-assessment and self-advertising through a resume we often feel confused.
That’s why writing a resume is a difficult balancing task. You have to keep it
short but enough information to make an impression.
To compete with today’s job market, it’s really
essential that your CV stands out of the crowd. To make sure of that, you have
to focus on the skills you possess, as hiring managers shows a particular
interest in your skills. The skill section of your resume shows the credibility
required for a specific job. Only having the right skills in your resume
determines if you move forward to the next step of the hiring process.
So, in this article, we will discuss the right
skills to list on your resume.
Ø How to identify your best skills:
If you’re not sure enough which skills you should
share, look back over your studies, leisure activities or work experience and give
a thought about the tasks you completed successfully in each. This will
definitely help you identify the skills you have learned.
·
Ask
your peers or former coworkers :
Your peers can help you to note your strengths
you may not able to recognize by yourself. Reach out to your former colleagues
or manager who have experience working with you. If this is the first phase of
your professional career, talk to fellow students, teachers or mentor you have
worked with and who know you well.
·
Consider
your achievements:
Skills don’t just come from jobs. It can
be developed at school, college or university. You have already build them
through extra-curricular activities you're part of. If you've ever participated
in a debating club, you already have developed your communication as well as
persuasion skills. If you are a player in your student’s life, you have
teamwork and leadership skills. Consider your talents; those are the skills
that assist you in reaching achievement.
·
Get
a help from a professional in this field:
If
you’re having difficulty in determining what skills in your resume, an employer
may want to see, contact a professional working in the industry or someone
working in a similar position.
Ø How to list skills on your resume:
·
Review
the job description and do research about company
Before applying
for a job opening, it’s crucial to identify the required skills or ability and
understand what is the company actually looking for? And in addition to this,
also consider the company’s profile and its culture.
Analyse the job
requirement and try to understand how would you fit in it? Ask yourself whether
you have previous core experience translate into skills that the job opening is
asking for? If you don’t get any details in the job description, go to the
company’s website for further details.
·
Ask
yourself whether you are a fit for this job?
After decoding
the job description, it's time to think about your resume, which skills you
should include.
The key to pass
through “resume filter” only include hard skills (both industry-specific and
transferable) that tie directly with the core responsibilities. Soft skills are
the ones your hiring manager doesn’t want to see in your resume but they do
help to pass through interview.
Here are some
skills to cover;
o
Communication
o
Computer
skills
o
Customer
service
o
Interpersonal
skills
o
Leadership
o
Management
skills
o
Time
management
o
Transferable
skills
·
Decide
on a skills section format:
You will get
ample of choice while deciding where to list your skills in the resume;
ü
Use
a functional resume to list your skills. This option is helpful for people with
little or no professional experience and someone who wants to change the field.
ü
Use
a separate skills section to list your skills. This option is best for someone
having extensive experience and want to highlight specific skills or
qualifications.
ü
Weave
out your skills into the professional experience section. Whatever way you want
to list skills on your resume, include all the keywords of the job description
to pass through “Resume Filter”.
·
Customize
your resume:
The final step
in deciding which skills should be there on your resume is customization. It’s
an important step. You have to highlight different skills for each job
application. That is the customization of your resume for different jobs.
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