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Summary: employers about your skills

First of all, they expect to see hard skills in the list of skills - technical skills and knowledge that are easy to demonstrate. For example, driving a car, knowledge of professional programs and working methods. And such competencies as managing people, persuading, leadership or managing time are unlikely to inspire confidence in a recruiter if they are not proven by experience. To understand the issue, we asked HR expert recruiter participants to comment on the skills that are most often found in resumes . Will such a candidate be of interest to them and what do they advise the applicants? Skills: MS Office, communication skills and sales Olga Solodkova, Danone: “Most often, I conduct an intensive selection. The flow of resumes is very large, and most of all I focus on the block related to the experience of the candidate. Since all my activity is related to selection in sales, it is these 3 competencies that are found in every resume, my view of them does not stop. The recruit
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How to look for work if you had your own business

Did not work out. Business had to be curtailed, and you want to return to employment. For a short period, you have delved into many processes: I want to realize a versatile experience, albeit within the framework of a foreign company. How to convince employers that you are not a loser, but a candidate with rare experience in various fields? Former entrepreneurs are wary: there is almost always a risk that they will not be loyal to the company and return to their business. As a rule, the ambitions of such employees are much higher and not everyone can work under the guidance of others. All these are risks for the employer, which he carefully avoids. An expert at the Successful Resume service Anastasia Zhukova shared tips on how to look for work for former entrepreneurs. Soberly evaluate the offer Former entrepreneurs are not liked in companies with streamlined processes: returning from “free swimming”, people feel uncomfortable within the framework of job descriptions and strict w

Into a new profession with old experience

Not only graduates face a lack of experience. A cardinal change in activity and 45-year-olds makes you wonder what to write in a resume. But leaving the experience empty is like not responding to a job at all. We explain why this is so. Choosing those who have more experience is both the safest tactic and the bad habit of some recruiters. Therefore, changing a profession is not easy. You are surrounded by competitors with extensive experience in the specialty, and to prove that you are also well suited for this position is not easy. Especially if for 10 years you have been making a career in another field of activity. In order not to confuse employers, some job seekers simply cross out previous experience: why write something that is still not useful in a new place? But they forget about three important points. 1. Employers ignore people with no experience. Judging by the polls, 83% of employers believe that when changing a profession it is necessary to at least describe work e

Get professional career assistance

Experts of the Career Consultant project regularly help applicants with advice and recommendations. This and your opportunity to get professional help absolutely free of charge in matters of resume writing, employment and career growth. Today we want to share with you specific examples of how this happens. So, what can experts ask about? 1. Evaluation of the resume. Get valuable suggestions for improving your resume. For example, here the user asks to see a resume in which there is a long break in work. Here they ask about the attractiveness of the resume, and here they ask for expert opinion. There is also an answer to the question of whether freelance experience should be indicated in the resume. 2. Cover letter. Not sure how to write a cover letter? You can also ask about this, as, for example, this user. 3. Career growth. Sometimes it is not easy to decide on a conversation with the leader about the promotion. Here, experts help prepare the user for such a conversation.

Good resume

When you have work and stability in your pocket, you don’t even want to remember the suffering over the resume. But in vain: a resume is a great way to look at yourself in a new way. Of course, if the resume is made up correctly. A good resume can: Talk about you as a successful professional A good resume is the story. The story of a person who is moving towards his goal, or the story of an erratic search. The story of an underrated professional or the story of an amateur resented at all. To find out what story your resume tells, show it to a friend, relative or colleague. Set new goals Work on a resume - analysis of your career path. Approach this consciously and in a good mood. Even if there is nothing interesting in the experiment, just honestly and calmly describe it. And then think about what you would like to add there: these are directions for your development and future work. Recall past achievements Over 30 years of work experience, so many events take place - both