Improving Your CV, Chapter 17: The Skills section

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 17 of 29 · 6 min

About this chapter

I'm not a fan of a standalone list of skills. A bare list like "networking, adaptability, data analysis" gives the reader nothing to act on; I'd rather see the skills demonstrated in your experience.

Key points

• A skills list with no evidence is like a long summary of claims; the reader doesn't know what you did with those skills.
• If you must have one, put it at the end and make sure every skill appears in your experience bullets.
• Ambiguous skills can be misread; "networking" could mean meeting people or computer networks.
• AI assistants can suggest skills typical for your role, which you can then weave into your bullets.

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