{"id":4989,"date":"2015-06-19T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T08:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:10:49","slug":"how-to-describe-your-skills-on-your-resume-careerspc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/how-to-describe-your-skills-on-your-resume-careerspc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to describe your skills on your resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/skills.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4993 alignright\" alt=\"skills\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/skills-300x225.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>\u201c<em>As a major contributor to this blog and career specialist working\u00a0directly\u00a0with students and employers to assist in making connections, I have had the unique opportunity to review a lot of resumes. In fact, in the last six months, I have reviewed approximately 300 resumes \u2013 all belonging to SPC students.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Student or not, describing previous employment on a resume can be tricky. When I wrote earlier, I explained that we\u2019re talking about <strong>Skills<\/strong> and <strong>Accomplishments<\/strong>, not job duties.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin in reverse order, <strong>Accomplishments<\/strong>. This means any awards, rewards, or promotions that you received. Don\u2019t tell the name of the award, but rather the merit (eg. \u201cReceived Exemplary Customer Service Award three months consecutively\u201d, not \u201cWon Purple Pickle award 3x\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills<\/strong> are a little more difficult.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The <em>first step<\/em> to highlighting your skills are to uncover what they are. Local career services centers can help provide assessments for uncovering your skills. There are also a lot of websites which offer skills assessments, like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iseek.org\/careers\/skillsAssessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one. <\/a>Once you\u2019ve assessed your skills, assign them to jobs that you\u2019ve previously held, and rank them based on utility concerning your prospective job. This will decide what you will talk about and the order of the bullet points (I recommend only 2-4 bullets total \u2013 skills and accomplishments, combined).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The <em>second step<\/em> is to find strong wording. How you word your skills can give totally different impressions to the potential employer. Consider the following two sentences: \u201cClean toilets, scrub floors\u201d and \u201cMaintained sanitary conditions for guests\u201d. One of those sounds like more of a skill. To get inspiration for wording, I suggest that you Google \u201c100 great resume words\u201d and click on one of the links. Using a strong verb will lead to a strong bullet.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The <em>third recommendation<\/em> for your skills bullets are numbers. Where possible, add numbers to back up your point. Earlier I told you that I have reviewed approximately 300 resumes in the previous six months, this makes a much more significant impression than \u201cI review a lot of resumes\u201d. Consider this and use numbers to make a lasting brand.For resume reviews, contact Career Services online or at a campus near you. Happy Job Searching!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs a major contributor to this blog and career specialist working\u00a0directly\u00a0with students and employers to assist in making connections, I have had the unique opportunity to review a lot of resumes. 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