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Monday, March 07, 2022
Top skills to put on your résumé
www.fastcompany.com: Writing a good résumé is a difficult balancing act. Sometimes it can be a challenge to keep your résumé length short and sweet while also including enough quality information to make a lasting impression.
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Olivia Curry
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It’s interesting to see how the article defines certain skills as soft or hard skills; to me, “administrative” sounds like a soft skill based on the elements the article lists like organization and planning, but the article defines it as a hard skill. I appreciate the author specifying skills that are best applicable for remote jobs, as they have become much more common and can be confusing to apply for as far as what they seek in a remote employee. Sometimes job listings ask for lots of specific hard and soft skills, and it can be a balancing act of not wanting to seem like you copy-pasted their requirements while still trying to show you do have those skills. It can also be frustrating when you know you have certain skills but your job history doesn’t seem like it would include those skills; sometimes I wish I could just record myself working and send it in as an audition tape.
I almost wish they would've put an example of where on the resume the skills should've been listed. I mean, I know it's up to the individual how they format their resume, but still it would be nice to know where they put it, so I can form my own opinions and either accept or reject what they offer as an example. And there are a lot of skills that they listed that are really generic. And I don't know how to incorporate any of these from my resume into a casual conversation in an interview that people would ask me questions like, "ah yes, how do you have such good time management and data analysis skills?" No one would ever ask that kind of a question in an interview. But like, listing them off on a resume just seems so fake and not real at all. Don't get me started on COVER LETTERS.
I love reading articles like this one. Simple steps that can quickly improve something that you have been touching up for years. One of the most intriguing things I noted they said you could put Emotional Intelligence on your resume as a soft skill. I had never considered putting something like that but I do think that it is something that could be helpful for certain jobs. I agree with the article, “While this is important for everybody, it’s a must-have skill to include on a résumé for management.”Including “soft skill” on a resume, to begin with is something that I hadn’t considered before. I always had similar ideas on my resume such as “hard-working” but this article included many more excellent examples. I want to redo my resume so I can include more information on it and I think that I will bring this idea with me. In addition, the formatting tips this article held were incredibly helpful.
I’ve never considered putting soft skills on my resume. I always thought that was something that came through in an interview and I never wanted to waste the space on such a small piece of paper or seem unprofessional or like I was trying to take up filler space. I could see trying to squeeze them into a cover letter. I guess I have put speaking french as a skill on a resume but I thought in a way that was a hard skill. Now I more understand that hard skills directly apply to the job at hand whereas soft skills apply to how the job works or how you can aid the company or employer in a less direct way. I wonder how one can add those to a resume without wasting valuable space. I do not think the article really answered that question, more gave examples of soft skills. I think to some degree that was useful but in others it was not.
Huh, interesting to see that there's a real defined difference between those different types of skills. I had always conceptually understood the difference between hard and soft skills as definitive knowledge and technical ability in regards to a task vs. personal and intrinsic skills that for many come naturally. Someone mentioned it above, but I find it interesting that Administration was listed as a hard skill. I have found that, like a lot of soft skills, administration is just a thing that people have a knack for, though I see where the "hard" aspect of it comes in, in regards to training and education.
As for the rest of the article, I always tend to struggle with relevance in my resumes. I generally just like to make a single resume for most of my work, but from what I learned over time it's always better to tailor your resume to each job description of what you're applying for. I'll take these into account when writing my next resume.
I think over time I have gone back and forth between whether or not to even include things like soft skills on my resume. I have heard from multiple people that it is honestly a waste of space unless there is something directly related to one of those points that you really want to discuss. Like many other people have mentioned, it also seems pretty vague to just put something like “creative” or “problem solver” on a list because those are traits that plenty of people have or at least claim to have. Also for the job that is being listed, it is implied that you have many of these soft skills because they are necessary for the job at hand. In intro to stage management, we even spent the first day writing a huge list of all of the soft skills that make a good stage manager. I think if you really want to emphasize certain traits, a great opportunity to do that is when they ask you “tell me about yourself.”
I think cover letters and resumes are something that is really hard for me to write. Sometimes there is just too much or too little for me to put into something, but I always feel like if I can just get my foot in the door, I can learn really quickly. A little positive read for a change, this article really resonated with me. I found it surprising that many of the tips in this article are things that I already do in real life on the daily. Although this article is just for resume and CV, I find that a lot of the tips can be used in the visual world as well. It is important to “hear” yourself out by drawing a quick sketch of things in your mind or word generate but with random pictures on social media. I think the upkeep of your creative muscles is an important conversation to have because most of the time it is something that is considered a basic skill that should be “on” all the time.
This was an article I desperately needed to read. As summer is approaching, I am in the process of figuring out what I want to do. I know I am interested in pursuing either an internship or a job, both of which will require me to submit a resumé. I have a working resumé, that includes past experience, jobs, skills, and references. My references take up a large part of the page, and as of right now, just list everything relevant to art and creation that I can do. However, I have been questioning, when it is too much information? Should I only say what is relevant to the job I am applying to? This article provided me with the proper guidance I needed for creating a resumé that portrays me positively through providing clear information. A concept I had not yet heard in reference to what I could bring to a position was hard vs soft skills. Breaking up the list of skills into categories also helped me understand what type of information these skills should be communicating. If the skill does not fall under one of the categories, what is it contributing to my profile? Another question I had was regarding the order of my skills. What should be first? What should be last?
8 comments:
It’s interesting to see how the article defines certain skills as soft or hard skills; to me, “administrative” sounds like a soft skill based on the elements the article lists like organization and planning, but the article defines it as a hard skill. I appreciate the author specifying skills that are best applicable for remote jobs, as they have become much more common and can be confusing to apply for as far as what they seek in a remote employee. Sometimes job listings ask for lots of specific hard and soft skills, and it can be a balancing act of not wanting to seem like you copy-pasted their requirements while still trying to show you do have those skills. It can also be frustrating when you know you have certain skills but your job history doesn’t seem like it would include those skills; sometimes I wish I could just record myself working and send it in as an audition tape.
I almost wish they would've put an example of where on the resume the skills should've been listed. I mean, I know it's up to the individual how they format their resume, but still it would be nice to know where they put it, so I can form my own opinions and either accept or reject what they offer as an example. And there are a lot of skills that they listed that are really generic. And I don't know how to incorporate any of these from my resume into a casual conversation in an interview that people would ask me questions like, "ah yes, how do you have such good time management and data analysis skills?" No one would ever ask that kind of a question in an interview. But like, listing them off on a resume just seems so fake and not real at all. Don't get me started on COVER LETTERS.
I love reading articles like this one. Simple steps that can quickly improve something that you have been touching up for years. One of the most intriguing things I noted they said you could put Emotional Intelligence on your resume as a soft skill. I had never considered putting something like that but I do think that it is something that could be helpful for certain jobs. I agree with the article, “While this is important for everybody, it’s a must-have skill to include on a résumé for management.”Including “soft skill” on a resume, to begin with is something that I hadn’t considered before. I always had similar ideas on my resume such as “hard-working” but this article included many more excellent examples. I want to redo my resume so I can include more information on it and I think that I will bring this idea with me. In addition, the formatting tips this article held were incredibly helpful.
I’ve never considered putting soft skills on my resume. I always thought that was something that came through in an interview and I never wanted to waste the space on such a small piece of paper or seem unprofessional or like I was trying to take up filler space. I could see trying to squeeze them into a cover letter. I guess I have put speaking french as a skill on a resume but I thought in a way that was a hard skill. Now I more understand that hard skills directly apply to the job at hand whereas soft skills apply to how the job works or how you can aid the company or employer in a less direct way. I wonder how one can add those to a resume without wasting valuable space. I do not think the article really answered that question, more gave examples of soft skills. I think to some degree that was useful but in others it was not.
Huh, interesting to see that there's a real defined difference between those different types of skills. I had always conceptually understood the difference between hard and soft skills as definitive knowledge and technical ability in regards to a task vs. personal and intrinsic skills that for many come naturally. Someone mentioned it above, but I find it interesting that Administration was listed as a hard skill. I have found that, like a lot of soft skills, administration is just a thing that people have a knack for, though I see where the "hard" aspect of it comes in, in regards to training and education.
As for the rest of the article, I always tend to struggle with relevance in my resumes. I generally just like to make a single resume for most of my work, but from what I learned over time it's always better to tailor your resume to each job description of what you're applying for. I'll take these into account when writing my next resume.
I think over time I have gone back and forth between whether or not to even include things like soft skills on my resume. I have heard from multiple people that it is honestly a waste of space unless there is something directly related to one of those points that you really want to discuss. Like many other people have mentioned, it also seems pretty vague to just put something like “creative” or “problem solver” on a list because those are traits that plenty of people have or at least claim to have. Also for the job that is being listed, it is implied that you have many of these soft skills because they are necessary for the job at hand. In intro to stage management, we even spent the first day writing a huge list of all of the soft skills that make a good stage manager. I think if you really want to emphasize certain traits, a great opportunity to do that is when they ask you “tell me about yourself.”
I think cover letters and resumes are something that is really hard for me to write. Sometimes there is just too much or too little for me to put into something, but I always feel like if I can just get my foot in the door, I can learn really quickly. A little positive read for a change, this article really resonated with me. I found it surprising that many of the tips in this article are things that I already do in real life on the daily. Although this article is just for resume and CV, I find that a lot of the tips can be used in the visual world as well. It is important to “hear” yourself out by drawing a quick sketch of things in your mind or word generate but with random pictures on social media. I think the upkeep of your creative muscles is an important conversation to have because most of the time it is something that is considered a basic skill that should be “on” all the time.
This was an article I desperately needed to read. As summer is approaching, I am in the process of figuring out what I want to do. I know I am interested in pursuing either an internship or a job, both of which will require me to submit a resumé. I have a working resumé, that includes past experience, jobs, skills, and references. My references take up a large part of the page, and as of right now, just list everything relevant to art and creation that I can do. However, I have been questioning, when it is too much information? Should I only say what is relevant to the job I am applying to? This article provided me with the proper guidance I needed for creating a resumé that portrays me positively through providing clear information. A concept I had not yet heard in reference to what I could bring to a position was hard vs soft skills. Breaking up the list of skills into categories also helped me understand what type of information these skills should be communicating. If the skill does not fall under one of the categories, what is it contributing to my profile? Another question I had was regarding the order of my skills. What should be first? What should be last?
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