Most Important Skills to Put on Your Resume Part 1

The following guide and infographic will help you navigate the sometimes-complex landscape of resume skills. We’ll cover:
  • The Difference Between Hard Skills (Technical) and Soft Skills
  • What Are the Best Skills to Put On Your Resume
  • How to Match Your Skills to a Job Ad
  • The Most Important and Demanded Categories of Skills for a Resume
  • How to List Skills on a Resume

1) What is the difference between Hard Skills and Soft Skills?




What are Hard Skills?

  • Hard skills are the teachable skills, the ones you can learn in a classroom or through training courses and materials. These are the skills you will need to perform a particular job, and usually they are not transferable to other industries/jobs. Hard skills are usually measurable and quantifiable.
For example, if you are a certified and professional Accountant and wish to switch your career to Marketing, your hard skills for an accountant will not add value to your application since a Marketer is not expected to be proficient in bookkeeping and tax returns, etc.
The majority of hard skills are learned through formal education, such as university/college instruction, online courses (Examples: coursera.org, khanacademy.org, udemy.com, etc.), internships, apprenticeships, graduate programs or also during the onboarding period.

Top 15 Hard Skills to Put on a Resume


What are Soft Skills?

  • Soft skills are a combination of interpersonal skills, social skills, character traits, social intelligence, and emotional intelligence (among many others) that enable you to navigate your work and social environment and work well with other people. They complement your hard skills for most jobs.

t’s a mistake to dismiss soft skills as “secondary” to hard skills. In fact, soft skills are what allow you to execute your hard skills with efficiency, accuracy and in collaboration with others. 
Most jobs nowadays require working in teams towards a certain goal, so soft skills are extremely important for almost every job/industry you will apply to.

Top 15 Soft Skills to Put on a Resume

  • Communication (e.g.: written and oral communication)
  • Leadership
  • Hardworking (e.g.: strong work ethic, initiative)
  • Organization Skills
  • Flexibility (e.g.: adaptability, willing to change)
  • Integrity (e.g.: honest, ethical)
  • Teamwork (e.g.: cooperative, supportive)
  • Professionalism (e.g.: proper dressed)
  • Interpersonal Skills (e.g.: patience, empathy)
  • Creative
  • Critical-thinking
  • Responsibility (e.g.: reliable, self-disciplined)
  • Positive Attitude (e.g.: optimism, confident)
  • Attention to Detail
  • Persuasive (e.g.: for sales roles)

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