For successful employment, one of the necessary conditions is the ability to correctly and correctly prepare a resume. The first step is to know exactly what personal and professional qualities and skills indicate so that the employer will pay attention to the candidate.
General tips
As you know, all professions are important, all professions are needed. But what qualities should have a person applying for this or that position? What are your characteristics and features that you need to indicate in the questionnaire in order to make a positive impression on the recruiter and among all the candidates to pay attention to his person.
General advice that can be given to both the male and the female who form the resume for the competition for the position is as follows:
- literacy;
- clear statement of purpose and indication of a specific position;
- short but succinct presentation;
- strictly business writing style.
Literacy is the first thing the recruitment manager or the employer will notice. The absence of spelling and punctuation errors is a condition, subject to which the reader does not have the desire to at least put the resume aside immediately. Drawing up of documents, reports is an integral part of work in most modern specialties. The ability to correctly execute documents with the results of their work is an undoubted advantage in the conditions of low literacy of the population.
The specification, which is the exact indication of the desired position and salary, will reduce the time for the selection of suitable personnel from the recruiter. And at the same time, the applicant will save time due to the restriction of the search range.
A brief but succinct presentation means that the use of short sentences is recommended for ease of reading and ease of perception. It is necessary to describe their merits briefly, but fully.
According to statistics, it takes about 30 seconds to view the resume. It is important that a person, having spent some time for familiarization, obtain enough information to become interested in a candidate. In turn, during a personal meeting, the employee will be able to tell in more detail about certain qualities.
Resume involves the use of business style writing. The document should contain information that best describes the candidate as a specific specialist. The use of jokes, conversational turns is inappropriate.
In addition to these general tips, there are a number of other nuances that can arouse the interest of the employer. For example, the use of numbers is a good way to demonstrate concrete results and successes in previous work.
The presentation should be in a positive way, with minimal or no negative particles, it will allow to focus on the merits of the applicant.
At the same time, it is necessary to indicate only reliable information, especially professional skills that can be easily verified. The use of professional words will show the level of competence.
Examples of the description of personal and professional qualities in the resume
Despite the fact that modern society has stepped far forward in the field of tolerance and sexism, Russian society, rather, can be called patriarchal. According to statistics, it is men who are more likely to occupy management positions, and the average wage level is higher for men than for women.
Probably, partly the roots of this phenomenon lie in the peculiarities of the psyche (the book "Paul of the brain" Moire Ann and Jessle David). In connection with the characteristic properties there are certain patterns in the choice of specialties for men and women.
However, each person has a certain set of characteristics, and in the compilation of a resume it is necessary to divide the qualities into personal and professional. Using the example of specific specialties, it is possible to trace how best to qualify one or another quality.
For men
Leading positions imply that the candidate has such personal qualities as: ambition, commitment, desire and ability to bear responsibility, organizational skills, communication skills, determination, learning, punctuality.
In business skills in the summary, you can specify: organizational skills, responsibility, diplomacy, stress tolerance, the desire for self-education and development.
Popular is the profession of sales manager. The personal qualities of a successful manager include: openness, energy, creativity, politeness, good looks, punctuality. Professional qualities are: sociability, competent speech, the ability to endear to the interlocutor, the desire to learn and develop.
Technicians should have a thorough, analytical mind, attentiveness, perseverance. When writing a resume in the column "Business qualities" a person can indicate: pedantry, developed analytical skills, diligence, excellent memory, ability to work in a team, purposefulness.
If you wish to work in the field of IT-technologies one of the most rapidly developing industries, a candidate in the resume in the column "Personal qualities" can note: independence, learning, responsibility, diligence, mobility, communication skills. The business qualities of the representatives of IT-workers include: analytical mind, high performance, ability to work in a team, the desire to learn and develop.
For women
In view of the psychological characteristics, women give preference to professions that involve active social interaction, creative specialties and work that requires patience and perseverance. Such professions include: doctor, teacher, accountant, representatives of art, sales assistants.
The following set of qualities is characteristic of a female doctor: kindness, attentiveness, disinterestedness, reliability, restraint, tact, balance, confidence. In business skills there are: decency, observation, sociability, intelligence, high self-organization and independence, the ability to plan.
The woman teacher is usually active, polite, disciplined, impartial. Among the business skills can be identified: enthusiasm, diligence, communication skills, ability to work in a team, intelligence, ability to criticize and self-criticism.
At the accountant in personal qualities must be present: responsibility, perseverance, attentiveness, punctuality. For business qualities include: stress, logical thinking, poise, the ability to defend their point of view.
Universal business qualities
A sufficiently large number of personal and business qualities that men and women must have to be successful in one area or another should be listed. However, not always the presence of these qualities will allow the employee to work successfully and move up the career ladder.
These qualities include:
- high performance and hard work;
- professionalism;
- active life position;
- leadership skills;
- the ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them;
- sociability;
- stress resistance.
Important is the desire for self-realization and the desire to achieve high results.
Named different business and personal qualities for men and women of several professions. But it should be remembered that the division is conditional, and in its pure form there are no more female and male specialties, but only certain regularities and stereotypes.
When filling out a resume, you need to remember that you need to specify only those qualities that the candidate actually possesses. And the main task while writing is to make the resume as attractive as possible for the employer, to interest in his candidacy and to achieve an interview.
We wish you good luck in writing a resume and getting the desired position.
