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FORMAT | EXPERIENCE | SKILLS | LANGUAGE

Part 4: How Do You Describe These Skills?

Communication:

facilitating
public speaking
negotiating
fluency
teaching
interviewing

synthesizing
presenting
persuading
promoting
listening
explaining

writing
proofreading
editing
reporting
designing
translating

summarizing
displaying
corresponding
critiquing
expressing
building concensus

Don't forget: languages spoken, computer literacy, statistical skills

Working with people:

tutoring
supporting
motivating
evaluating
training
team building

leading
advising
coaching
compromising
brainstorming
guiding

delegating
overseeing
mediating
negotiating
recruiting
disciplining

managing
working on a team
supervising
advising
resolving
handling complaints

Creating something new:

strategizing
envisioning
creating

planning
conceptualizing
inventing

devising
establishing
initiating

developing
defining
implementing

Getting things done:

building
assembling
arranging
charting
constructing
designing

digging
fixing
making
repairing
networking
enforcing

problem solving
organizing
updating
orchestrating
coordinating
preparing

consolidating
conserving
processing
dispensing
generating
maintaining

Money:

writing grants
auditing

budgeting
calculating

marketing

cultivating

Making change:

changing
adapting
flexibility

increasing
improving
accommodating

reinventing
transforming

deciding
revising

Research:

analyzing
compiling
finding

inspecting
investigating
reading

reviewing
assessing
discovering

experimenting
interpreting

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