In 2025, skills-based hiring and AI fluency are securing people jobs where university degrees have traditionally prevailed. When it comes to your CV skills, the more specific you can be, the better.
That’s why we provide you with:
↪ an insight into the skills employers might currently be seeking
↪ a list of the most in-demand job skills by career type,
↪ and 150 of the most sought-after and widely applicable skills you can include on your CV (like this one) in 2025.
20 Good Skills to Put on a CV
While we’re going to provide you with plenty of job-specific skills you can add to your AI cover letter and CV, there are some that are applicable across nearly any field. These can add value for candidates who either lack work experience or are creating an entry-level CV.
- Data Analysis
- Problem-solving
- Collaborative
- Detail-oriented
- Adaptable
- Creative
- Written Communication
- Public Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Bilingual
- Multitasking
- Organised
- Interpersonal Skills
- Time Management
- Responsible
- Leadership
- Results-focused
- Project Management
- Budgeting
- Compassionate/ Empathic
Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills
Before we dive into which skills to include on your CV, we need to clarify some definitions:
- Hard skills are the tools and software you use to complete your work. Excel and QuickBooks are examples of hard skills.
- Soft skills are those that are difficult to measure or demonstrate expertise in. “Communication” is a classic example of a soft skill.
Quickly distinguish between hard and soft skills by asking, “Is there a specific tool or software associated with the skill?” If “yes,” you’re likely dealing with a hard skill. If not, you’re talking about a soft skill.
As we explained earlier, companies often use an ATS to filter out job applicants based on whether they include the right skills on their CVs.
The ATS filters are primarily looking for hard skills; they want to ensure the people they end up hiring know the right tools and software needed to succeed.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you should exclude soft skills from your CV. Why? After the ATS scans your CV, it’s passed on to the human hiring manager. They’ll likely want to see soft skills depending on the kind of industry and role you’re applying for.
Try out this quick guide to determine whether to include soft skills on your CV:
Should I include soft skills on my CV?
If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you should probably include soft skills on your CV (we’ll explain how in the next section).
- Is the role I’m applying for largely non-technical?
- Technical roles are those primarily dominated by hard skills (software engineering, data science, accountancy, etc.)
- Can I show how I utilised my interpersonal skills in previous roles?
- Simply listing soft skills on your CV isn’t as impactful as demonstrating how you used them to perform your role.
- Are there any obvious soft skills I need to do my job well?
- For example, if you’re in sales or customer service, you need the ability to communicate persuasively with customers!
Examples of hard skills according to industry
- Predictive Modelling (Finance)
- eQUEST (Energy)
- Crop Rotation (Agriculture)
- eZee Frontdesk (Hospitality)
- Google Classroom (Education)
- SQL (IT)
- X-ray Diagnostics (Healthcare)
- Mailchimp (Marketing)
- AutoCAD (Engineering)
Examples of soft skills
- Flexible
- Self-motivated
- Written Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Analytical
- Diplomatic
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-solving
How to List Skills on Your CV
Now that you know whether you should put hard skills, soft skills, or a combination on your CV, how do you actually include them?
- When it comes to your CV skills, the presentation can be just as important as the content!
- Before we get to structure, a word of caution:
Don’t list too many skills in your skills section! While it’s all right to include a variety of skills in your CV outline, it’s a big red flag to the hiring manager if they see a CV where an applicant lists 15+ skills.
First, it might mean the applicant is overstating their skillset (a big no-no). Second, a hiring manager would prefer to hire someone who is an expert in a few skills rather than a beginner in many.
Different CV formats may showcase your skills in various ways, but regardless of the layout you choose, there are three places you should mention your most important skills:
- In your CV objective or personal statement (if you include this section)
- In a dedicated “skills” section on your CV
- In your work experience or projects (demonstrate how you utilised your skills to perform your role)
Your CV objective should only be two to three sentences, so you should include your top one to two skills most relevant to the job you’re applying for here. In addition to our objective sample below, we’ve got plenty more great examples of how to mention your best skills in your CV objective or CV summary.
Organised, considerate administrative assistant with a history of staying calm under high-pressure situations where multiple priorities are managed. Genoa Telepsychiatry is doing invaluable work for underserved housing populations, and I would be an asset in enabling Ms. Garcia to focus on that mission by alleviating her organisational burden.
How to organise skills on your CV
When it comes to skills for a CV, there are a couple of ways you can structure them:
- By skill category (technology type, soft skills vs. technical skills)
- Level of experience
These types of breakdowns aren’t compulsory. You can simply list all your skills in your skills section, as long as you keep the number to fewer than 10.
First, you can organise your skills by category. This is most suitable if you’re applying for a technical role, as you can group different technologies you use by type.
For example, as a data analyst, you might want to divide your skills by the different aspects of your job (programming, modelling, and data visualisation).
This breakdown of your skills can also work well if soft skills are your greatest strength. For example, you can group your soft skills into categories such as leadership, customer service, communication, etc.
Another way to classify your skills on your CV is by your level of experience. Convey your expertise either in terms of years of experience with that skill or by a rating you choose (beginner, intermediate, expert, for instance).
Here’s an example of this skills breakdown in practice:
Alternatively, you can simply list all your skills without categories, as shown in the example below, if there are fewer than 10:
Let your work experience vouch for your job skills
Now that you’ve included your top one or two skills in your CV objective and have a dedicated skills section, it’s time to discuss how you’ve utilised your skills in your previous roles and projects.
This is particularly important for soft skills. Put yourself in the shoes of the hiring manager.
Does it mean much to see someone describe themselves as “attentive to detail” in their skills section without seeing that skill in action?
It’s much more valuable if you highlight a time you paid attention to detail in a previous job. So, if you’re an administrative assistant, you might say you “reorganised thousands of customer contacts in HubSpot without losing any customer data.”
Remember, it’s one thing to say you have a skill, but demonstrating your knowledge of that skill in a work or personal project carries far more weight in the eyes of the hiring manager.
Let’s make this practical with an example: This software engineer lists NodeJS and Django in her CV skills list.
We haven’t seen the last of these skills, though. Take a look at this job seeker’s work experience at MarketSmart. For example, see how she incorporates NodeJS to improve CTR? Even her internship experience demonstrates how Django contributed to increasing reporting speed.
Top tip: Try starting with specific work experience and then work backwards to determine which skills you used, rather than the other way around.
Regarding technical skills, try to be specific about what you did with the tool or software you’re describing. Microsoft Excel is a programme that can be used for many different applications, for example. Discuss specifically which functionality you used to accomplish your task (pivot tables, vlookups, etc.).
Match your CV skills to the job description
How can you identify the most common skills for the industry or role you’re applying for? The best way is to look at job adverts for positions that catch your eye.
Try this two-step process to list skills on your CV:
- Look across 5-10 different job descriptions for roles you’re interested in and identify the 10-15 most common skills in those job adverts.
- For each specific role you apply for, choose the 5-7 skills from your list that are most relevant to that job.
Generating CV skills with AI can help propel you into the top five percent of candidates and increase your chances of securing an interview.
Let’s go through an example of how to tailor your skills for a specific job.
Imagine you’re seeking a role as a digital marketer, and after reviewing some job descriptions, you notice the most common skills employers are seeking are the following:
- CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Pipedrive
- Web Analytics: Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Mixpanel, Heap
- General Tools: Microsoft Excel/ Word/ PowerPoint, Google Sheets/ Docs/ Slides
- Optimisation: A/B testing, customer segmentation, attribution modelling
- Paid Ads: Facebook, AdWords, LinkedIn, Google Display Network, remarketing
- Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn
- Email Marketing: Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Drip
- SEO: Content creation, keyword research, link building
Now, you’re specifically interested in a digital marketing role at Barnes and Noble with the following job description:
Digital marketing manager
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement data-driven marketing strategies and campaigns with a strong focus on driving acquisition, engagement, and retention across multiple channels (e.g., SMS, mobile, email, social media, etc.) on time and within budget.
- Aim to generate revenue and achieve key business objectives, ROI, and KPI targets.
- Take ownership of, measure, deliver, and optimise key metrics and reporting on marketing activities across channels and platforms.
- Identify trends and insights, optimise segments, expenditure, and performance based on data.
- Utilise strong analytical ability to evaluate the end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touchpoints, and work collaboratively across departments to drive qualified traffic, improve conversion rates, and identify new opportunities to boost user engagement and retention through A/B and multivariate testing.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 5-7 years of digital marketing experience with at least 3 years of demonstrated success in mobile, email, social media, PPC, and SEM marketing from concept to completion, with a proven track record of success.
- Results-driven mindset with exceptional attention to detail and knowledge of metrics, A/B testing, and ROI analysis.
- Experience with testing and optimisation platforms.
- Proven ability to extract practical insights from data to enhance multi-channel marketing strategies.
- Thorough understanding of email service providers and knowledge of marketing automation platforms.
- Strong grasp of website analytics tools (Google Analytics, Amplitude, Appsflyer), email systems (Sailthru, Salesforce Marketing Cloud), and ad-serving tools (Adroll, Facebook).
Finally, we cross-reference our list of 10-15 skills with the skills this specific job is looking for (underlined above). This leaves us with the remaining five key skills:
- Optimisation: A/B Testing, Segmentation
- CRM: Salesforce
- Web Analytics: Google Analytics
- Paid Adverts: Facebook
- Social Media: Email Marketing
There you have it! These skills are what will make up your skills list for this specific role. Don’t forget to include the seemingly most essential skills in your CV objective (for this position, we’d say those are optimisation and A/B testing) and mention relevant work experience where you used some of these skills.
Remember, it’s important to be truthful about which skills you know and which you don’t. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself whether you’d be comfortable being interviewed about a skill. If the answer is “yes,” then include it. Otherwise, it’s best to leave it off your CV.
And for the grand finale to this digital marketing example: Check out how this CV integrates key skills into the career objective, skills section, and work experience.
Digital Marketing Manager CV
Why this CV works
- Giselle’s digital marketing manager resume is tailor-made for Barnes & Noble. How? Skills motivate every section of her resume.
- Starting with the most obvious section—the skills section—Giselle lists skills important to Barnes & Noble, grouping them into easy-to-read categories.
- Even though the job description asks for knowledge of Sailthru, Giselle doesn’t have this experience. Instead, she lists other email marketing skills, such as Mailchimp.
- Don’t be put off, even if you’re lacking experience in one or two areas! Showing a willingness to learn is highly valued.
- The work experience section is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate skills in action. Like Giselle, begin with active verbs to illustrate how you utilised skills, software, and tools to make a positive impact on the company.
Job-Specific CV Skills
We promised a comprehensive list of CV skills, organised by profession, and we’re not ones to break our promises!
Below, you’ll find countless role-related skills you can include on your CV, along with informational snippets for each profession.
Remember that honesty is crucial when you build a CV, so we support a shorter list of genuine skills rather than a host of half-truths you’ll be embarrassed about later in an interview.
Web developer skills for your CV
Web developers create the web apps we use in our daily lives. From banking to transport to Netflix, it’s difficult to find an aspect of life that isn’t influenced by web development.
We conducted an extensive analysis of the top web developer skills employers are seeking in 2025, and below are the results in order of those most in demand.
Top web developer skills
- JavaScript (React, Angular, Vue)
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
- HTML
- CSS
- NoSQL
- APIs
- Cloud Storage (GCP, AWS, Azure)
- Git
- Java
- Python
- C#
- PHP
- Ruby
Data analyst skills for CV
Companies are currently awash with large amounts of data. Marketing, product, engineering, and executive teams all rely on data to make the most effective decisions when faced with uncertainty.
That’s where data analysts come in. To be a successful data analyst, you need the right skills to clean, organise, visualise, and make actionable recommendations from data.
We analysed over 100 job vacancies and determined the most in-demand data analyst skills needed to secure a data analyst position in 2025. Below are the results in order of the most popular skills.
Top data analyst skills
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
- Business Intelligence Tools (Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, Looker)
- Excel/ Google Sheets
- Python (Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, NumPy)
- R (Dplyr, ggplot2)
- SAS
- Java
- ETL
- Git
- Statistics
- NoSQL
Marketing skills for CV
No matter how great a product or website is—unless a successful marketing campaign attracts customers to that product, it won’t succeed.
Marketers must strike a balance between creativity and science to reach the right people at the right time to turn them into customers.
To do this successfully, marketers need a wide range of skills.
Top marketing skills
- CRM: Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Pipedrive, HubSpot
- Web Analytics: Adobe Analytics, Mixpanel, Heap, Google Analytics
- General Tools: Google Sheets/ Docs/ Slides, Microsoft Excel/ Word/ PowerPoint
- Optimisation: Customer Segmentation, Attribution Modelling, A/B Testing
- Paid Ads: AdWords, LinkedIn, Google Display Network, Retargeting, Facebook
- Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X
- Email Marketing: ConvertKit, Drip, Mailchimp
- SEO: Keyword Research, Backlink Building, Content Creation
- Direct Mail
Customer service skills for CV
When a customer has a problem or a question, they need to receive a prompt and accurate answer to ensure they remain a customer.
Moreover, an effective customer service representative will establish relationships with customers to help identify potential new features or directions for a product.
To do this successfully, you need a strong mix of people skills while also knowing the tools of the trade.
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Top customer service skills
- Bilingual
- Excellent Communication & Interpersonal Skills
- Inquisitive, Empathetic, and Professional
- Keen to Learn
- Multitasking
- Organised
- Goal-oriented
- Problem-solving
- Data Analysis
- Enterprise Software
- Experience with Business Processes
- Detail-oriented
- Microsoft Excel
- Zendesk, HubSpot, Helpscout
Management skills for CV
No matter how effective a person is as an individual contributor, management is an entirely different role that requires a completely different skill set.
To be an effective manager, you must first understand and relate to your employees while ensuring company initiatives are achieved on time. To accomplish this, you need a mix of different skills.
Top management skills
- Financial Analysis
- Time Management
- Leadership
- Self-motivation
- Conflict Resolution & Management
- Managing Career Development
- Performance Appraisals
- Responsible
- Bilingual
- Ability to Inspire
- Cultivate a Team Environment
- Multitasking
- Ability to Work Well Under Pressure
- Results-driven
Accounting skills for CV
Accountants are the unsung heroes of any well-run company. A company is only as successful as it can demonstrate through its financial reports.
Accountants need to be experts in reporting and data while maintaining a culture of rigorous organisation. Accounting is a field that requires knowledge of specific hard skills.
Top accountancy skills
- Financial Reporting
- General Ledger Accounting
- Quarterly Closure Processes
- Quarterly Financial Reports
- Auditing
- Tax Accounting
- UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (UK GAAP)
- Expense Reporting
- QuickBooks
- Microsoft Excel
- Accounts Payable & Receivable
- Account Reconciliation
- Compliance
- Data Analysis
Project manager skills for CV
Project managers keep everything running smoothly. To be a successful project manager, you must know how to ensure deadlines are met on time and within budget.
In this role, you’ll need the ability to communicate with diverse teams and technical knowledge to help engineers overcome obstacles they encounter that could prevent them from completing their work.
Top project management skills
- Project Management Software (Jira, Trello)
- Microsoft Office/Google Suite (Excel/Google Sheets, PowerPoint/Google Slides)
- Project Management Frameworks and Methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban)
- Programming Languages and Frameworks (JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Django)
- Data Analysis
- CRM Experience (HubSpot, Salesforce)
- Digital Marketing
- Budgeting
- Reporting
- Planning
- Problem-solving
- Timetabling
Sales skills for CV
An effective salesperson can form meaningful relationships with new sales prospects very quickly.
To successfully persuade a new customer to buy your product or tool, you first need to have a deep understanding of their challenges and what they are trying to resolve.
In addition to strong interpersonal skills, you need to be familiar with the technical tools to track and manage prospects through the sales pipeline.
Top sales skills
- Strong Communication Skills
- Negotiation
- Results-focused
- Empathic
- Reporting
- CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce)
- Written Communication
- Presentation Skills
- Problem-solving
- Persistent
- Resilient
- Lead Generation (LinkedIn, Email)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Time Management
Administrative assistant skills for CV
When it comes to a career as an administrative assistant, there’s no skill more valuable than organisation. How can you help others perform at their best without ensuring everything is in order?
Naturally, other skills are required to succeed as an administrative assistant, and we’ve analysed numerous administrative assistant job vacancies to identify the most sought-after skills for this career.
Administrative assistant CV examples
Top administrative assistant skills
- Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets
- Microsoft Word/Google Docs
- Microsoft PowerPoint/Google Slides
- Financial Reporting
- Timetabling
- QuickBooks
- Diary Management (Microsoft Outlook/Google Calendar)
- Words per Minute you Type
- Languages You Speak
- Database Management
- CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot)
- Detail-oriented
- Friendly and Approachable
- Organised
- Multitasking
Nursing skills for CV
The importance of nurses in our society has never been more evident than during the COVID-19 crisis.
A good nurse must have a thorough understanding of the medical procedures and documentation they need to complete while also maintaining the interpersonal skills necessary to build trust and understanding with patients.
It’s a very tricky balance to strike. To help you pursue a new job in nursing, we have compiled the most popular skills employers are looking for across a wide range of nursing specialities.
Key nursing skills
- EHR Systems
- Outpatient Care
- Accident and Emergency
- Certified in CPR
- Best Practices
- Long-term Patient Care
- Compassionate
- Organised & Reliable
- Problem-solving
- Baby & Childcare
- Elderly care
- Medical Documentation
Teacher skills for CV
With the shift to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the skills required to be an effective teacher from a distance are also changing.
Teachers now need to be more in tune with the technologies used for remote learning to reach pupils.
Nevertheless, there are certain skills needed to be an excellent teacher that have remained unchanged. Based on our analysis, here are the top skills schools look for when they recruit teachers.
Top teacher skills
- Lesson Planning
- Blackboard/Moodle
- Google Apps (Gmail, Sheets, Slides)
- Interactive Whiteboards
- Remote Teaching (Zoom)
- Safe, Supportive Classrooms
- Accountability
- Communication with Parents and Pupils
- Organisation
- Conviction
- Problem-solving
- Focused on Pupil Performance
- Analytical
Software engineer skills for CV
Software engineer is a broad, all-encompassing term. There are hundreds of specific disciplines within this umbrella that require different skills.
Still, there are fundamental and common skills that all developers must have. First and foremost, you need to be able to programme!
We gathered the most sought-after skills for software developers to help you create the best CV possible.
Top software engineer skills
- Python (Django)
- Java (Spring)
- Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
- PHP (Laravel)
- JavaScript (Node, React, Vue, jQuery)
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL)
- HTML5
- CSS
- AWS, GCS, Azure
- Unix
- Git
Business analyst (BA) skills for CV
Business analysts combine skills from various areas to help drive outcomes that significantly enhance a customer’s key metrics.
A BA is an excellent communicator, a strong data analyst, and an effective project manager. Once a project is complete, the BA must then be able to communicate the outcomes to the executive team.
Top business analyst skills
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server)
- Excel, Google Sheets
- PowerPoint, Google Slides
- Tableau, Looker, Chartio
- Python, R
- Salesforce, NetSuite, HubSpot, Pipedrive
- A/B testing, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression
- Project Management (JIRA, Trello)
Student skills for CV
When you’re a student, it can be challenging to know which of your skills you should highlight when applying for your first job or work placement.
It varies depending on the position, but at this stage in your career, hiring managers don’t expect you to be an expert in all the tools you’ll need for the role.
The key is to mention which skills you have some familiarity with and express a willingness to learn on the job.
University student CV examples
Secondary school student CV examples
Top student skills
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets
- Microsoft Outlook/Gmail
- Microsoft PowerPoint/Google Slides
- Hard-working
- Curious
- Problem-solving
- Studious
- Dedicated
- Social Media
- Motivated
- Detail-oriented
- Collaboration
- Time Management
Data scientist skills for CV
Data scientists are a blend of programmers and statisticians. It can be challenging to determine which of your technical skill sets should be the focus of your CV.
Discuss your main programming language and provide context for the modelling techniques you use regularly.
Having reviewed over 100 data scientist job vacancies, here are the top skills employers are seeking for these positions.
Top data scientist skills
- Python (Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Keras, Flask)
- R (Dplyr, Shiny)
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
- AWS (Redshift)
- Supervised Learning (Linear and Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, Recommendation Systems)
- Unsupervised Learning (K-Means Clustering, Principal Component Analysis)
- Customer Segmentation, Price Optimisation
Human resources (HR) skills for CV
When it comes to the skills you need to secure your next position as a human resources manager, it’s important to demonstrate a combination of interpersonal skills (it’s in the job title, after all), but you also have to show proficiency with the tools required to accomplish the role.
You should demonstrate which stages of HR you have experience in. Whether that’s recruitment, benefits, remuneration, or a combination of these, this should be clear.
Top human resources skills
- ATS (Workday, Jobvite, Greenhouse)
- Remuneration & Benefits
- Payroll
- Performance Management
- HRIS
- Recruitment (Sourcing & Interviewing)
- Employee Induction
- Benefits Planning & Administration
- Employee Mentoring
- Leave of Absence, Family and Medical Leave Act, Personal Leave of Absence, Disability
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
- Recruitment Coordination
- Compliance (Equality Act, National Minimum Wage, Unemployment)
- Employee Retention
- Management
- Organisational Strategy
- Labour Relations
- Succession Planning
- HR Analytics
Product manager skills for CV
Product managers help guide the direction of a company by working to understand the new features and products customers are seeking.
A successful PM should have the technical skills to communicate fluently with engineers. They also need strong data analysis skills to determine whether new feature launches are effective.
Top product manager skills
- SQL
- Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Mixpanel
- Google Tag Manager
- Hotjar
- A/B Testing
- Optimizely, Google Optimize
- Basic Python scripting, APIs
- Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban
- Jira, Github, Confluence
- Google Analytics, Microsoft Excel
Recruiter skills for CV
Since recruiters are the first people prospective employees interact with in a company, they must have strong interpersonal skills.
Aside from that, a recruiter needs to be familiar with using an ATS to keep track of candidates as they progress through the application process.
In addition, they need to know various tools to effectively source prospective candidates for a job vacancy.
Top recruitment skills
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
- HR Information Systems (Workday, Oracle HCM, Zoho, SAP)
- ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Breezy HR, BambooHR)
- Sourcing Tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, TalentNest, Connectifier)
- End-to-End Recruitment, Initial Meetings, Sourcing, Screening, Assessing Talent
- CRM (HubSpot, Marketo, Hootsuite)
Scrum Master skills for CV
As a Scrum Master, it’s vital you demonstrate which project management frameworks you have experience in on your CV.
Scrum Masters help ensure project deadlines are met by establishing and monitoring incremental goals along the way.
Communication and management skills are essential, along with a few technical tools.
Key Scrum Master Skills
- Agile Development & Best Practices
- Agile Frameworks—Scrum, Kanban, XP
- JIRA & JIRA Portfolio
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio
- User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Automated Testing
- Project Planning & Scoping
- Problem-solving
- Data Analysis
Social media manager skills for CV
As the name suggests, a social media manager must demonstrate to potential employers that they can use social media to attract customers to a business.
It’s not enough, however, to demonstrate experience with various social media platforms. You must also have a clear understanding of data and analytics to prove that your campaigns can and will work for a business.
Social media manager CV examples “
Top social media manager skills
- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok
- Sprout Social, Hootsuite
- Google Analytics
- Google Docs/Microsoft Word
- Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel
- Photoshop
- SEO
- Paid Social Media Advertising
- Data Analysis
IT manager skills for CV
IT managers need to possess razor-sharp technical skills while demonstrating the ability to mentor and guide employees under their supervision.
Given the vast array of potential technical skills an IT manager can possess, you must demonstrate a strong command of at least a few skills.
On your CV, it’s much better to demonstrate expertise in a few skills than a weak command of a large number of tools.
Top IT manager skills
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Agile/Lean Methodologies
- Jira
- APIs
- Network Infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, SSL)
- Linux/Unix
- Security
- Python
- Java
- Project Management
- SQL
- AWS, GCS, Azure
Design skills for CV
As you might imagine, designers need to convince the hiring manager reviewing their CV of their creative ability. This is usually done through a portfolio.
Outside of your creativity, you also need to quickly and effectively communicate which tools you use to complete your design work. One of the first things a prospective employer will check is whether you have the technical skills they’re looking for in a designer.
Graphic designer CV examples “
Top design skills
- Design Principles
- Typography
- Colour Theory
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Project Management
- Storytelling
- CorelDRAW
- Sketch
- Canva, Vectr
- Adaptable
- Print Design
- Photography
Your skills should directly align with the job you’re applying for so recruiters can immediately see what makes you stand out. Refer to the job description for keywords or mission statements that highlight what the organisation values and what the job role emphasises. Prioritise skills that relate directly to your profession over those that could enhance your qualifications for other fields.
Try to limit your range of abilities to just 6 to 10 skills per CV. If you have more to choose from, aim to meet the optimal CV skill range with abilities that specifically address the requirements of the job description. You don’t want a skills list that looks too “hodgepodge,” so refine your skills to a trade-specific edge that demonstrates your expertise.
Soft skills are the tools you use to socially function with poise and efficiency. They refer to your interpersonal abilities like negotiation, communication, and team delegation (to name just a few!). Bear in mind that you don’t want to overdo your skills list and appear disorganised, so select only the most relevant soft skills to include. You can use them as context for your professional experiences.
Technical skills, or hard skills, can refer to anything from software proficiency to specialised actions or tasks you can perform that relate to your job. Physical technology or machinery, digital meeting programmes, and the ability to interpret industry-specific data all count! These important skills showcase your specialities and highlight your unique suitability for the job role.
Every skills list should be technical, but yours especially so: This is your opportunity to demonstrate your expertise instantly. By naming precisely which software programmes you use (think: Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, or Salesforce to name a few) instead of generalising, you effectively highlight your skills in advance. Recruiters often skim the skills list first since they move quickly, so seize the chance to align yourself with the role!
Honestly, that depends on you! Which of your resume sections is the strongest: skills, experience, internships, or stuff like your degree and academic achievements? Resume layouts with a side column can put your skills list in a highly visible space. If your experiences are super strong, you can also list your skills at the bottom of the page. Just make sure your best qualities are the most eye-catching!
