Do you really think that you have listed your interpersonal and professional skills in your resume perfectly? People often do not pay much attention on presenting their skills to employer in a better way; consequently missing the opportunity of proving them to the employers that I AM THE BEST for this job.
The key is to organize your resume’ especially the “Skills Section” in accordance to the requirements of the job that you’re looking for. The best recommendation to do this is to surf some of the online job banks or related websites and take a good look to multiple postings related to the job you’re looking for. Postings provide by both “the seekers” and “the providers” will surely help you analyzing what the job really demands? And what others are offering against employer demands. Once you have analyzed different requirements, including most and least demanding, by the employer and you have also gathered a few seekers’ postings as well. Now incorporate them to your resume by putting list of such skills that matches with yours. It is equally important that you have organized your skills according to your educational background and work experience/s. Your skills may also be representing your extracurricular activities, different personal and professional trainings that you have taken and your hobbies etc.
Normally interpersonal and professional skills are classified into three types.
§ Skills which are related to the job: - Such skills are job specified and are totally linked with the nature and field of job is. For example, a finance manager will be asked to demonstrate his/her job related skills by managing ands controlling funds, financial planning is another job related skill, firm’s over all budgeting, analyzing and implementation of financial reporting system are also the skills comes under this type
§ Skills which are transferable: - If a person using his/her skills of any specific field in other filed/s that can be described as his/her transferable skills. Such skills tell you how to deal with things around. For example, if a person having skills of data handling or managing, the firm can take advantage of using him in R&D department, may be in their data bank, or database department or may be use such skills in reporting department.
§ Skills which are adaptive: - People that their own attributes and characteristics that have considerable impact on their personal and professional life. These attributes and characteristics compromises and create adaptive skills, which cannot be learnt or taught. These skills based on individuals honesty, ways to treat others, reliability and productivity etc.
Incorporating skills into your Resume’
Most likely people don’t hesitate to list first two types of their skills in their resume’. They even describe their level of theses skills based on or by supporting it with their past experiences. But it is very much important they you sound realistic in your resume, by honestly describing your level of skills. Because if you get a call for interviews or even appointed for the job, you’ll be asked to demonstrate skills you’ve already mentioned in your resume’. Following above guidelines surely help you demonstrating your interpersonal and professional to the employers. Therefore skills section in your resume’ must be developed with deep thought.