There are three key skills types:
•Transferable - skills learnt in one field of work that can easily be adapted to a different field
•Job-related - skills or qualifications that are directly relevant to a specific job.
•Adaptive - skills that are difficult to substantiate because they cannot be proven by experience but by personality traits.
Clearly, transferable and job-related skills are the most desirable to include in your CV. Be sure to include the ones that will help you stand out. Here is a list of skills that are particularly popular with employers:
•Communication •Teamwork •Initiative •Problem solving | •Flexibility •Computer skills •Technical skills |
Adjectives to use in your CV:
accurate | logical |
active | loyal |
adaptable | mature |
adept | methodical |
broad-minded | motivated |
competent | objective |
conscientious | outgoing |
creative | personable |
dependable | pleasant |
determined | positive |
diplomatic | practical |
discreet | proactive |
dynamic | productive |
efficient | reliable |
energetic | resourceful |
enterprising | self disciplined |
enthusiastic | self-motivated |
experienced | sense of humor |
fair | sensitive |
firm | sincere |
genuine | successful |
honest | tactful |
initiative | teamplayer |
innovative | trustworthy |
Below is a list of great verbs to help you express just exactly what you did with impressive vocabulary. These verbs are used to express responsibilities and tasks performed:
accomplished | corrected |
achieved | counseled |
acted | created |
adapted | dealt |
administered | decided |
advanced | decreased |
advised | defined |
allocated | delegated |
analyzed | delivered |
applied | derived |
approved | designated |
arbitrated | detected |
arranged | developed |
assisted | devised |
attained | directed |
blended | discovered |
brought | distributed |
built | documented |
carried out | doubled |
catalogued | edited |
changed | encouraged |
classified | engineered |
collaborated | enlarged |
compared | escalated |
completed | established |
computed | estimated |
conceived | evaluated |
conducted | examined |
constructed | expanded |
consulted | experienced |
contracted | explored |
controlled | facilitated |
cooperated | finalized |
coordinated | formulated |
founded | opened |
functioned | operated |
governed | organized |
grouped | originated |
guided | overcame |
handled | perceived |
harmonized | performed |
harnessed | pioneered |
headed | planned |
identified | prepared |
implemented | presented |
improved | presided |
increased | processed |
indexed | programmed |
initiated | promoted |
inspected | provided |
installed | purchased |
instituted | raised |
interpreted | recommended |
introduced | recorded |
invented | recruited |
investigated | rectified |
justified | redesigned |
led | repaired |
localized | replaced |
located | reported |
made | resolved |
maintained | restored |
managed | reversed |
mechanized | reviewed |
merged | revised |
moderated | saved |
motivated | screened |
negotiated | selected |
serviced | tested |
set up | trained |
solved | transacted |
sorted | transcribed |
sparked | transformed |
specified | tripled |
started | upgraded |
stimulated | validated |
strengthened | varied |
summarized | verified |
supervised | vitalized |
supported | won |
systematized | wrote |
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