9 New Skills That Could Make You More Attractive to Employers | Mental Floss

9 New Skills That Could Make You More Attractive to Employers | Mental Floss

  9 New Skills That Could Make You More Attractive to Employers Image credit:  Like us on Facebook When you get to the bottom of your resume, you don't want to have to list "word processing" as your only skill. And while you could call yourself a "great communicator" and "detail oriented," that kind of fluff won't help you stand out from the pack. Here are nine skills that will actually help you buff up your CV for potential employers: 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FLUENCY It may sound simple, but what's the best way to get sent abroad to the company's offices in Amsterdam or Beijing? Speak the language. And even if your business is completely local, your years-long dedication to learning Mandarin or Arabic or Finnish can only serve as a concrete example of your work ethic and curiosity about the world. 2. SOCIAL MEDIA PROWESS Nearly every company these days has some sort of social media presence, whether it's an airline or a snack-food producer or a self-storage company.

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