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Job-Seeker Resume Tutorial:
How to Develop and Polish Your Job-Search Resume

 

Which Transferable Skills are Most in Demand by Employers?

 

Uncovering in-demand transferable skills...

• Every career expert has a different list of skills most in demand by employers (although certain items, such as teamwork, interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, appear on almost all lists).
• Familiarize yourself with these lists of most in-demand skills so you know what skills to play up on your resume.
• The most important in-demand skills are the ones that are in demand in YOUR FIELD. Get to know what those are.
• Here's one career expert's (Donald Asher in From College to Career: Entry-Level Resumes) list of the skills most in demand by employers:
  • Ability to acquire new technical, analytical, or computer skills quickly
  • Teamwork skills
  • The ability to sell ideas and persuade others
  • Creative problem-solving talents
  • Ability to follow orders
  • Leadership aptitude
  • Drive, stamina, strong work ethic
  • Intelligence
  • Diligence, "stick-to-itiveness"
  • Initiative
  • Ability to acquire foreign languages
  • Ambition
  • Reliability

 

See also our article, What Do Employers Really Want? Top Skills and Values Employers Seek from Job-Seekers

 

 

 

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