Make your skills impressive with one simple change!
Make your skills impressive with one simple change - generalize it!
I know how to do Cinema 4d.
I know how to do 3D modeling.
Which of these two sentences sound more skilled or impressive?
Both sentences are completely true, and yet one limits you to one tiny skill…nullifying it’s potential! How you write your skills matters, and it involves absolutely no lying, absolutely no deception, and impresses the hell out of people. Here’s another example:
I know how to speak Japanese, German, Sign Language and Korean.
I know how to speak 4 other languages.
Which sounds more impressive? If you say the second, you’re right. The first sentence…you could’ve learned those languages from your computer at home. Though both sentences are impressive – the second makes you sound way more worldly!
It brings up awesome questions in conversation, or interviews: “Did you live overseas? How was the food? How different is the culture? Did you ever get lost and stuck there before you learned the language? Were you born elsewhere?”
Generic-izing your skills!
It’s called making your skills generic on the Skillseeker Course.
Generic is good, category is good. Specific is bad and limiting!
Take a program you know, any program! Let’s say Discord. You know how to run a group there, a small group of a few hundred. You know enough about the intricacies of Discord, roles and moderation and group settings, to manage.
Discord is specific, and most group programs are literally the exact same – they have roles, moderation, settings. So you aren’t skilled in Discord. You’re skilled in the category Discord is – group chat programs.
So…
You’re skilled in group chat programs!
Voila, you’re now skilled enough to apply for social media manager jobs!
Look at the skills you have. Generalize and generic-ize them and make your skills impressive to new friends and to hiring managers, and recruiters!