10 Essential Skills to Include on Your CV
Case Study: Sarah, a Millennial Professional Ready to Scale Up Her Career
When I first met Sarah, she was a talented millennial professional eager to take her career to the next level. As a leadership expert and corporate career coach, my role was to guide her on her journey towards success. One of the crucial steps we took was refining her CV to ensure it showcased her skills and experiences effectively.
If you’re like Sarah, aiming to advance your career, it’s essential to craft a CV that captures the attention of employers and highlights your potential. In consideration of this, the World Economic Forum compiled a list of core skills on the rise, gathered from their extensive research survey conducted in 2023. These skills were specifically cited by employers as increasing in priority. This means that if you include these — and examples of where and how you’ve displayed them, while quantifying your achievements — on your CV, you gain a striking advantage.
Here are the top 10 skills highlighted, which you can put on your CV, and the skills I advised Sarah to include on hers:
1. Leadership and Social Influence: Showcase any experience you have in leading teams or projects. For Sarah, this meant highlighting her role as project lead on several…
