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Resumes focus on your previous job experiences. However, there may be times when including a skill or accomplishment that was gained outside of your work history could greatly influence a hiring manager. For example, did you win City Volunteer of the Year for your work with a homeless shelter? Or perhaps you have a useful language skill, such as being fluent in Spanish. There is a place for these types of things—as well as a spot to include references if you choose—on your resume.
In this lesson, you will determine what type of additional information is appropriate to include on your resume.
Watch the video below to learn what to include in the skills section of your resume.
Sometimes you may want to include additional information about yourself that comes from outside of your education and work history. For example, you may want to include your fluency in another language, a special community project you coordinated or managed, or maybe even your technology skills outside of what you included in your employment history.
So where do you include additional skills and information on your resume? Here are some options.
If an employer is considering hiring you, he may ask you to supply a list of references. A reference is a person who, if asked, is willing to discuss your skills, abilities, job performance, and general character. Potential employers contact these references and ask questions about your skills, duties, dependability, and/or productivity.
In most of the United States, your previous managers and the human resources department can only confirm dates of employment, not talk about your performance, so your references should not include previous supervisors.
Include their contact information, job title, and a brief description of how they are familiar with your work habits. Never include a family member as a reference unless you have worked with this person in a professional capacity.
It is always a good idea to make sure each of your references is aware that he may be called to discuss your skills and abilities. You may even want to provide references with a description of the job you are trying to get so each can talk about those specific skills and other requirements.
To improve your chances of getting a job, choose references who:
Remember, potential employers want to hear more than, "She's very nice."
Download our Chronological Resume Template if you haven't already. If you've already started your resume template from a previous lesson, you can open that document.
You will be working only in the Additional Skills portion of this document for this activity. Please refer to the following picture:
Replace the template text with your own information. Be sure to remove the brackets as you are replacing text.
Be careful not to add any information that is personal, recreational, political, or religious in nature.
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