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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Listing your previous job responsibilities, technical skills and education is relatively straightforward. However, communicating intangible soft skills on your resume, like attention to detail, work ethic and people skills, can be more difficult. What are soft skills?

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Covering cover letters

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In amongst all of my files and paperwork I discovered a handful of my old covering letters for various jobs I had applied for over the years (one was hand written – that is how old I am!). I wondered how many of us still write covering letters when we apply for jobs?

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

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2023 grads are entering a job market that is not so quick to employ new grads. This is a shift from the past two years where companies were fiercely competing to recruit interns and recent graduates. Although the U.S. Many of the top-paying and most sought-after large companies, such as Google, Meta, and McKinsey & Co.,

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Ghosted After an Interview? Here’s Why Companies Do It

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You polish your résumé and obsess over the wording in your cover letter. Application submissions, interview processes, keyword searches, skills matching, artificial intelligence and the prevalence of social media are just a handful of ways in which recruitment has shifted over the years. And then, you wait.

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Want to Work at a Startup? Read This First

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Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. If you want to stand out from the crowd , remember that you’re being evaluated on more than just your cover letter and résumé. Mark Krassner, Knee Walker Central. Kill it and reap the benefits.

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What does it take to be a successful HR Assistant?

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Skill sets required to be successful in this field are broad, and as a result, employees must possess different skills to perform well in human resources. A great HR assistant needs excellent people and communication skills. HR skills are universal, and are easily transferred from company to company and from sector to sector.

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Stand Out at Your Next Performance Review With a Professional Portfolio!

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A professional portfolio is an accurate visual representation of who you are, what you’ve done, and the skills you possess. My latest book, Prove Your Skills! Cover letters. Letters of recommendation. © 2022 Julie Perrine International, LLC. Your professional portfolio may be print, social, or digital.