Nine Must-Have Skills in Your Resume

Given the continuous advances in digital technologies-- electronic tools, systems, devices and resources, which  generate, store or process data,  as well as the expanded roles that employees are expected to take on in organizations--- the relevance of specific skills at the workplace becomes even more apparent.

In this regard,  Business Insider enumerates nine skills that are great to have in a new college graduate's resume.

• Technical Skills
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Excel
• Word Press
• Search Engine Optimization
• Google Analytics

• Product Management (ability to contribute to   the  planning, forecasting, and production, or marketing of a product or set or products)
• Command of a  Foreign Language
• Public Speaking

These skills can be classified into two:  hard skills-- such as the technical skills listed above, and soft skills-- such as public speaking.  These are learned skills that can be developed through training or coaching.  They are portable skills that can be brought across various roles and functions.


To the new college graduate, start working on acquiring these skills. Consider them as long-term investments that will yield returns  as you move along through  the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity inherent in every industry,

Want to learn more about hard and soft skills?  Please consider  "Pointers for New College Graduates, " as your reference.  Copies are available at FULLY BOOKED,  St. Paul's,  Pauline's Bookstores, and   Catholic Book Center outlets.