Transcript Communication skills

8. The skills
(and achievements) section
Skills :
Leadership and Teamwork
• As vice-captain, I play a major role in organising and running the Sheffield University Ladies Football Team. I help
select the team each week and ensure that those playing turn up at the right place and time.
• In addition, I currently work as part of a team to deliver IT services to unemployed adults in Broomhall within a
community project. My role within the team is to take a lead on database development.
Computing
• During my degree and relevant work experience I have acquired a whole range of IT skills, many self-taught. For
example, at Portal Services I taught myself MySQL in order to design the online ordering system for a client.
• My present bank of skills includes: excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver and WordPress,
excellent knowledge of the programming / scripting languages Java, Perl, PHP, SQL and of Unix and Linux.
Communication
• I have gained strong communication skills during my degree course from giving presentations at seminars to
participation in group work.
• At Portal Services I liaised with clients to re-design websites. I also designed an online ordering system for one
particular client, wrote a user manual and provided training to members of staff.
Problem Solving
• Studying for a technical degree which incorporates systems design, analysis and programming requires analytical,
numerical and problem solving skills.
• I first developed these skills during my Year in Industry placement at Waywards where I worked closely with staff
to define their requirements and then designed a computerised purchase order system for regular steel orders.
• This is an optional section enabling you to outline the personal skills you can
offer, such as communication, leadership and organisation.
• Make sure your headings reflect the skills for the job or course you are applying
for.
• Do not simply list your skills, instead, describe specific examples of how you have
gained them and try to show how your actions made a difference to the
organisation or activity you were involved in.
• Don’t repeat information that you have already covered in other sections
• Ensure that practical skills like IT, and languages are listed somewhere in your
resume. (‘Other skills and Competencies’)
Where did you develop/use this skill?
• Use expressions to explain what job/experience/project etc. you are referring to:
‘As cashier in part-time job at McDonalds, developed strong customer service skills…’
‘As vice captain of soccer team,...+verb’
‘During my degree/work experience,...+verb’
‘At University,...+verb’
‘During my voluntary experience at Sunnyside Care Home,...+verb’
‘As team leader while working part-time at the Megabox movie theater,...+verb’
‘As volunteer mentor,…’
‘Worked part-time at department store on customer service desk,...-ing, …-ing’
‘Working as teacher in English academy,...+verb’
‘Able to persuade others to change point of view as demonstrated winning University
team debating competition.’
• Add another sentence in the same bullet point:
‘...Duties (also) included/involved…-ing, …-ing, …’
‘...Role/position (also) included/involved…-ing, -ing, ….’
‘...Was (also) responsible for…-ing, -ing, …’
Skills and Achievements
Teamwork skills:
• Reached sales target of 3,000,000 won every weekend as part of sales team at clothing store while working part-time.
• As team leader while working part-time at the Megabox movie theater, assisted co-workers in other areas when needed.
During busy peak times, for example, helped ticketing team process payments to reduce queues.
Communication skills:
• As volunteer mentor, assisted international students in adjusting to life in Korea. Explained about Korean culture, and
helped to solve practical problems such as using telecom services and completing health and visa forms.
• Able to persuade others to change point of view as demonstrated winning University team debating competition.
• Worked part-time at COEX department store at customer information desk, giving directions and explaining to the
general public how to use store’s various services.
Organizational skills:
• Organized and led group for studying Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). Also captained
university English listening club, ALA.
• Working as teacher in Lee BoYoung Talking Club English academy, made lesson plans and materials for each class and
taught English to elementary school students.
Other Competencies and Qualififcations
• Attained a score of 800 on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
Skills and Achievements
Leadership and teamwork
•As founder of Hanyang University Robotics Club, HY-MEC, play a major role in organizing and
running the club, including managing finances and recording activity information of members.
Communication
• Have gained strong communication skills during my degree course, including giving presentations at
seminars and participating in group work.
Organizational
• Led group study into Robot Operating System (ROS), organizing advanced study and practice sessions.
• Working as operating staff in Robot Education Contents Association, organized robot competitions
such as Robot Programming, Battle Robot, and Robo-One.
Computing
• C, C++, Python, and JAVA Programming Language.
• Made Pose system with Oracle SQL database and JAVA in database lecture receiving A+.
• Made mini-shell using Ubuntu System functions in System Programming class.
Other competencies and Achievements
• Received The President Prize in Intelligent SoC Robot War Competition.
• Attained level 6 (130) on the speaking Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
Other things you may include
Honors
• Received excellence awards in Hanyang University business consulting contests.
• Received scholarship award for outstanding performance.
Other Competencies
• Intermediate spoken and written communicative competence in English; also comfortable communicating in Thai and
Laos.
• Attained score of 905 on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
• Proficient in use of Microsoft including Word, PowerPoint, and Exel.
• Strong presentation skills developed taking part in numerous group projects at university.
Other competencies
• Attained a score of 199 (Level 5) on the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK).
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Other Qualifications
• Attained a score of 870 on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
• Attained a grade of Intermediate 3 Level of the Oral Proficiency Interview by Computer (OPIc).
Language Skills
TOEIC 845
DELF B1 French language qualification
Korean Language Test of KBS, Level
Computer Skills
Word Processor – Level 1
Computer Application Ability (Excel) – Level 3
Activities
Mentor of low-income families
2014.11 – 2016.01
Sa-Dong Digital Culture Center, Ansan
• Teach math to children from low-income families.
Mentor of victims of MV Sewol
2015.11 – 2016.04
21C Clean & Livable Ansan association, Ansan
• Counseled and taught math to Sewol disaster victim's siblings.
Concert helper
2015.11
Good Neighbors International, Seoul
• Worked as a backstage crew member at Giving Love concert.
Awards/Honors
• Received merit based scholarship for academic year 2014/2015