Writing the Skills Summary

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SKILLS SUMMARY

This is a list of skills, tools, and tasks that you are able to showcase as they relate to the position that you are applying for. These must be tailored to the position so that they contribute to the picture of yourself that you are providing the employer.

To provide balance use only two columns for this section.  There should be only 6 or 8 specific skills or tools that you list here. Use the job posting to locate key words and match your skills to those employer needs.  Bullets help different these skills.

These may look like this:

Skills Summary:

  • Customer Service Certificate
  • Active Listening Skills
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Bilingual: English & Cantonese

Or 

Skills Summary 

Customer Service Certificate                                                                       Microsoft Office Suite

Active Listening Skills                                                                                    Bilingual: English & Cantonese