This document provides guidance on how to describe your skills in a CV. It recommends identifying different categories of skills, such as organizational, personal, communication, computer, job-related, and other skills. For each skill category, it provides examples of skills to include and how to describe them. For languages, it advises specifying your proficiency level based on standardized categories. The document also stresses the importance of communication skills and provides tips for improving them. Overall, the document outlines a comprehensive, structured approach to highlighting your qualifications and abilities in a CV.

1. Skills
TUTORIAL

2. How to describe your skills
in your CV?
STEPS:
1. Make sure about the different
types/categories of skills
2. Think about your own ones
3. Ask your friend / a member of your
family about your skills to enlarge the list

3. Types of skills
• Organisational /managerial
• Personal
• Communication
• Computer
• Job-related
• Other

4. Are you a good organiser?
What makes a good organiser/
manager?
A good organiser:
an effective communicator
able to build relationships
effective budget management
ability to negotiate
organised
creative
resourceful
attention to detail
A good manager:
motivates people
sets goals
motivates the employees
delegates responsibility
communicates effectively
treats the employees well

5. Have you got any of these
qualities?
Don’t hesitate: write them into your CV

6. Some help:
Examples of organisational and managerial
skills:
• leadership (currently responsible for a team
of 10 people)
• good organisational skills
– gained as secretary,
– responsible for promoting events
• good team-leading skills gained as ice hockey
volunteer coach

7. Personal skills
- Personal skills are those concerned
with how people manage and
express themselves.
- They are revealed in those attitudes
people bring to their work, study
and daily activities.

8. What are the personal skills exactly?
• If you are not sure about your skills, a good friend can be a great
help. Ask him/her to describe you, and select the positive
characteristics.
• Some help:
You can be:
– Tolerant
– Reliable
– Practical
– Optimistic
• To find several other personal skills visit the following website and
check out the list. It is going to help you.
http://www.ceswoodstock.org/job_search/resumeskillspers.shtml

9. Here (in the personal part) you have to write
about the languages spoken
• First: add your mother tongue or tongues
• Second step: add the other language(s) you
speak

10. It is advisable to use the following form:
• Mother tongue(s): Hungarian (example)
• Other languages: English (example)
UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading
Spoken
interaction
Spoken
production
B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

11. What does B2 stand for?
• The level of your language.
• You have to choose from the following
categories:
– A1/2: basic user
– B2 : intermediate level
– C1/2: professional level

12. Why is it important to have good
communication skills?
• simply the act of transferring
information from one place to
another
• can help all aspects of your life, from
your professional life to social
gatherings
• if you are applying for jobs you will
need to demonstrate good
communication skills
• Communication is the heart of every
organization
How to improve it?
• If you want people to hear you, you
need to hear them.
• Have good body language ( Stand up
straight, smile , don't cross your arms
over your chest, etc. )
• Have confidence when you speak
• If you aren't sure how you sound to
people when you are talking, record
yourself and listen really closely to
how you sound
• Think before you speak
• Never answer with "I don't know”
• Remain relaxed, open, and confident
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

13. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• You must list your communication skills, such as:
“Good communicator”, “Excellent contact skills”...
• You should write the situation where those skills were
acquired, like:
• “Ability to communicate and express ideas gained
through my experience as a theatre actress”
• “Eloquence and ease to communicate, as I write a blog
about travelling that has a high number of followers”

14. Computer skills
Examples:
You can handle the programs on computer
– microsoft,
– windows 7, windows XP, Vista,
– microsoft powerpoint 2010,
– microsoft outlook 2010,
– Android 2.3,
– adobe photoshop,
– microsoft front page

15. Job-related skills
There are so many job-related skills.

16. • Ability to learn
• Basic academic skills in
reading, writing, and
computation
• Good communication skills
including listening and
speaking
• Creative thinking and
problem solving
• Self-esteem, motivation, and
goal setting
• Personal and career
development skills
• Interpersonal/negotiation skills
and teamwork
• Leadership
Job-related skills

17. Other skills
Use only if these bring added value to your
application and have not been already
mentioned.
Examples:
• first aid: certified in providing first aid, as part of my
scuba diving training
• driving licence : Write the driving licence category/-ies. Example: B
• Just mentioning personal interests such as
– reading: passionate reader, I help younger pupils with reading
difficulties twice a week
– mountaineering: experienced climber, active member of the
local Hiking and Climbing club