{"id":7790,"date":"2018-11-12T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2018-11-12T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:56:29","slug":"showing-off-soft-skills-in-the-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/showing-off-soft-skills-in-the-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing Off Soft Skills in the Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0<a id=\"ContentPlaceHolderDefault_SectionContent_AuthorLink\" class=\"NoCounter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\/contributors-network\/kaitlin-mcmanus\/\">Kaitlin McManus<\/a>\u00a0| November 08, 2018<br \/>\nRe-posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\">Vault<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me drop a quick truth-bomb on you: the more experience you have, the easier it is to fill your resum\u00e9. I know, right? Mind-blowing. If you\u2019ve worked in an industry for years, your resum\u00e9 should be loaded with\u00a0quantifiable experience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But when you\u2019re just starting out&#8230;you may not have as much in the way of hard experience. I\u2019m going to let you in on a little secret\u2014<em>it\u2019s okay<\/em>. You&#8217;ve still got a lot going for you: rely on your education, any internship experience you might have, and\u2014perhaps the most underrated part of a resum\u00e9\u2014your soft skills. Soft skills are things like leadership capability and work ethic, and they\u2019re important in any job, at any level. Hiring managers want them and, lucky you, you got \u2018em. So use them\u2014let them\u00a0make your\u00a0resum\u00e9 stand out from the pile. Soft skills count for more than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>The caveat that comes with soft skills is that listing them makes it sound like you\u2019re trying to tell the hiring manager what they want to hear, especially if you\u2019re pulling attributes off the job posting\u2014which you\u00a0<em>should<\/em>\u00a0be doing, to an extent. The interview is how hiring managers determine if you really are the way that you describe yourself. It\u2019s your opportunity to show that your soft skills aren\u2019t just words on a page\u2014they\u2019re who you are, and they make you the ideal candidate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\/blog\/interviewing\/showing-off-soft-skills-in-the-interview\/?utm_source=UndergradNewsletter,11-12-18&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter,email&amp;utm_campaign=11_12_2018_UG,102579&amp;referer_ID=7778\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a> to learn about the most frequently cited soft skills and how to embody them [in your resume and] at your interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Kaitlin McManus\u00a0| November 08, 2018 Re-posted from Vault Let me drop a quick truth-bomb on you: the more experience you have, the easier it is to fill your resum\u00e9. I know, right? Mind-blowing. 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