Hard skills and soft skills
Hard skills are teachable and testable: Excel, Python, AutoCAD, IV cannulation, Google Ads. Soft skills are how you work: communication, teamwork, leadership, problem solving. List mostly hard skills, and show soft skills through your job lines (for example "led a team of eight").
Examples by job
- Software engineer: JavaScript, React, Node.js, SQL, AWS, Docker, Git (template)
- Nurse: patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, infection control, BLS (template)
- Teacher: lesson planning, classroom management, assessment, Google Classroom (template)
- Accountant: IFRS reporting, reconciliations, tax returns, SAP, Excel (template)
- Sales: prospecting, negotiation, key accounts, Salesforce (template)
- Marketing: SEO, Google Ads, social media, GA4, copywriting (template)
- Engineer: AutoCAD, Revit, Primavera, site supervision, HSE (template)
- Data analyst: SQL, Python, Power BI, statistics (template)
- Designer: Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, typography, branding (template)
- Manager: team leadership, budgeting, Lean, KPIs, hiring (template)
How many skills, and how to list them
Six to twelve skills is right. Put the ones from the job advert first, use the advert's words, and group them if you have many (Languages, Tools, Methods). Do not rate soft skills with stars or bars; it says little. Skill bars on creative designs are fine for tools and languages.