How to express soft skills for each profession in your CV
Manpower company suggests soft skills for each industry and how to express them in your CV.
Marketing/ marketment industry:
soft skills needed: Creativity, communication, teamwork, strategic thinking.
Shown in the CV: Coordinate with creative groups and media to develop viral ideas, helping to increase 40% of interactions on social networks.
Administration/civilian major (HR):
Necessary skills: Listen, understand, resolve conflicts, organize work.
shown in the CV: "Organize internal program for 100+ employees, helping to increase the satisfaction of employees to 20%".
Sales:
skills needed: Convincing, negotiating, being pressured, managing time.
shown in the CV: "Successfully negotiated a contract worth 2 billion VND, exceeding the revenue target for the first quarter".
Engineering/IT:
Necessary skills: problem solving, logical thinking, cooperation, quick learning. shown in the CV: Developing a new feature helps reduce system errors by 30%.
Design/Creative major:
Required skills: Creativity, feedback reception, time management, independent work.
shown in the CV: Design a new brand identity, helping businesses increase impressive recognition on digital platforms".
Accounting and finance industry:
skills needed: Analytical thinking, carefulness, accuracy, independent work.
shown in the CV: "Analysis and optimization of operating costs, saving 15% of the budget".
Consulting/customer care industry:
skills needed: Listen, sympathize, solve problems, communicate, be patient.
expressed in the CV: "Receive and process more than 50 customer feedback per week, maintain 95% satisfaction and keep customers close".
According to Manpower Company, we should let soft skills tell the story of the candidate themselves. soft skills are not just the listings in the CV, but the way you tell your own story, through specific actions, practical results and suitability to the working environment.
When demonstrated with skill, soft skills help employers clearly and comprehensively visualize your real capacity and potential contribution, thereby increasing the opportunity to be invited for interviews and conquer the desired position.
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