Skills for your resume: soft and hard (with examples)

Skills are one of the sections recruiters and ATS filters look at most. Choosing the right ones —and proving them— can be the difference between moving forward or being left out.

Soft skills vs. hard skills

• ›Soft: communication, leadership, teamwork, adaptability.
• ›Hard: languages, Excel, programming, design, software.

How to choose the right ones

Read the job ad and prioritize the skills it asks for. Include a mix of soft and hard, and avoid generic lists of 20 skills with no context.

Show them, don't just list them

A skill backed by an achievement is more convincing: “Leadership: coordinated a team of 6”. With Tu Currículo you organize your skills, languages and software with level bars and an ATS version that filters read easily.