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Your resume technical skills should shake the hiring manager. How? First, never copy-paste from some basic resume sample. That’s bogus, and employers know it. Secondly, you’ll have to prove those skills like a Geometric theorem. Make them count (pun intended).
Sounds a bit vague? Read on to find out how to pack your resume with value—using our extensive list of technical skills for resumes.
This guide will show you:
A great list of technical skills for resumes.
Dozens of technical skills examples for every career.
How to prove technical proficiency instead of simply mentioning tech.
How to list technical skills on resumes to get the interview.
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Technical skills are the abilities, knowledge, or expertise required to perform specific, job-related tasks. Technical skills are related to jobs in science, engineering, tech, manufacturing, or finance. They are learned through on-the-job experience or structured learning.
But then again, every job requires a different skill set. For some, it will be optimizing neural networks, for others sketching wireframes. For most of us it might be something like using spreadsheets to track sales:
Examples of Technical Skills
MS Office. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote.
Email. Filters, folders, mail merge, rules.
Google Drive. Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides.
Writing. WordPress, SEO, Yoast, journalism, technical writing, ghostwriting.
Spreadsheets. Excel, Google Sheets, OpenOffice, comparative analyses, pivot tables, macros, link to database, vertical lookups.
Social Media. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, posts, giveaways, customer interaction.
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When you’re done, Zety’s resume builder will score your resume and tell you exactly how to make it better.
Remember not to ignore soft skills. Demand for soft skills has been on the rise since 1980, data shows. They're transferable skills so learn how to make most of them by following up with:
Managed company-wide transition to Windows 10. Upgraded 150+ employees, with 100% HIPAA compliance, 20% under budget.
Hardened system security by enacting IT risk management plan. Adopted password vaults and least privilege protocols. Slashed security risk 48%.
Why’s that magic?
It says you’ve got technical skills. But—
It shows how those hard skills helped the company. It shows how much, with numbers like 150+, 100%, 20%, and 48%.
Those are quantified accomplishments, and they’ll teleport you to the working world.
Pro Tip: As technical abilities can be verified easily, don’t lie on your resume. You will get fired once your fibs are revealed and damage your reputation.
Do you have questions on how to list technological skills on a resume? Not sure how to describe your achievements? Give us a shout in the comments! We’d be happy to reply.
Tom Gerencer is a career expert and Certified Professional Resume Writer who has published over 200 in-depth articles on Zety. Since 2016, he has been sharing advice on all things recruitment from writing winning resumes and cover letters to getting a promotion.
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