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[bubosquared]

Am trying to re-write my CV into a more functional CV, focussing on skills more than pure work experience. I'm having trouble coming up with skills. Augh. Any suggestions? Anyone?

So, um. I ... seem to have quit smoking. By power of sheer laziness, mostly, so yeah. I'm a bit wibble abouthow I'll hold up at work today, but the physical addiction seems to be pretty much gone, and the habit is less of a problem here than at home, but on the other hand, there's the stress. Ho hum.

Also, my hair is now long enough that I can start slicking it back in classic '50s butch style. As evidenced last Saturday at Sarah's party, where I dressed up as James Dean. You heard me. I kinda liked the look, but not what the gel did to my hair. Still, if I can find a (preferably wetlook) gel that won't fuck up my hair, I've found a good inbetweeny hairstyle, huzzah!

(And yeah, I know I've been sparse lately, but it's winter, and I go a bt quiet in winter. Don't worry about me, I'll be okay.)

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[wibbble]

Want me to run it through our CV processing software? It should pick out 'skills' according to what it reads in your CV from work experience and other areas.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Nah, I've already run it through and used the skills from that, thanks. :) I'm mainly feeling like I'm missing skills that aren't obvious from my official job descriptions of my jobs so far.

[wimmeke.livejournal.com]

I was looking at the mistletoe magic group the other day...

I kinda miss it...

Any chance of revival this year ?

[wimmeke.livejournal.com]

Quite obvious I would say, but still: Include those skills you'd actually like to employ in the jobs you're looking for. Skills you have but you'd never like to need professionally again... Don't mention it!

Also: It's never too late to acquire new skills. Look for jobs you might want to be interested in and see what skills they require. Make sure you mention those if you have them and if you see something returning quite frequently, taking up a course for it might be good for you.

Your eagerness to study/learn new things is always a nice asset to add to your resume.
If you can add a lot of 'selfstudy' things to your resume it shows that you are willing to adapt and missing a skill or two isn't that bad.