Job Advice Blog

While hard skills will determine whether or not you are qualified for the job, your soft skills will get you the job offer. It is important to note, however, that not all soft skills are created equal, and today we are going to look at which soft skills you should be making note of on your resume, and how to show those skills to your potential employer.

During the first round of resume intake the average hiring manager or recruiter takes roughly 6 seconds to look over every individual resume. Go ahead and count to six right now- that is all the time you get to make your impression. This may seem unfair, or ridiculous, and to a large extent it is! But, you can make it work in your favor. Knowing that you only have six seconds to get yourself across gives you a leg up on the competition that might not know this, and also can give you some ideas about how what your resume should look like.