The modern job market has evolved to a great extent over the past several years. This incredible level of digitalization has enabled us to expand our skillsets beyond traditional degrees and university courses.
Therefore, the increasing competition across all industries makes it very difficult for businesses to ensure employee retention; and for employees to “out-skill” their peers.
Whether you are looking for a job or career change, you continuously need to work on your knowledge and skill set so that we can get an offer more than the other candidate. And, It doesn’t end with hard skills such as speaking a foreign language or data analysis.
In fact, as time goes by the latest trends, it’s the combination of both hard skills with very specific soft skills that helps employees make the cut.
Due to this growing complexity of the business world, employees (both freshers as well as working professionals) need to put their best foot forward at all times.
And what’s the best way to represent yourself when you’re trying to land an interview for the desired position? Your resume, of course!
Understanding market changes and how businesses make their hiring decisions which can help you carve out that perfect CV for your next dream job.
Let’s take a look at the most valuable skills (hard and soft) that will help you advance in your professional life.
Within this single “hard” skill, you should emphasize the soft skills that complement this one well, such as patience, great communication skills, creativity, ability to negotiate, and the like.
Web development encompasses a wide range of subcategories, and you can focus on a single one, or learn several different skills in order to become an even better candidate for the field.
As an example, web developers are in high demand, while application developers are also “hot” in any market. In addition to building websites, e-commerce stores, companies are looking to have their own mobile applications to provide an even more personal experience to their customers.
If you’re proficient in web development, you should point it out in your resume as soon as possible!
It’s never the end…..
Our world is a very dynamic one, and as more businesses open their doors, more employees need to develop certain traits that are valued today.
If you’re looking to boost the value of your resume, focus on developing some of the abovementioned skills and you’ll increase your chances of landing a high-paying job with a reputable company!
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Jacob Wilson is a business consultant, and an organizational psychologist, based in Brisbane. Passionate about marketing, social networks, and business in general. In his spare time, he writes a lot about new business strategies and digital marketing for Bizzmarkblog.com.