Market Your Skills
How can you show you're the best person for a job?
- Put yourself in the employer's place - what job needs to be done? What problem needs to be solved?
- Read up on the field and talk to people working in jobs that interest you to find out what skills are important to them every day.
Compile Your Top 10 List
- Make a list of your top 10 skills and qualities relevant to the job (i.e. 10 reasons why they should hire you).
- Describe where you used these skills. Your examples do not have to be directly related to the particular career field; they only have to demonstrate that you have the relevant skill.
- Rank this list in order of relevance.
- Your resume, cover letter, and interview should reflect this list. The 2-3 most relevant items on your list should stand out on your resume, serve as a foundation for your networking introduction (elevator speech), and be emphasized in your interview.
This may seem like a lot of work, but these steps are crucial to developing an effective resume and cover letter.
