Those who in recent years had to actively seek another job could not help but notice how the requirements for applicants changed. Worker's business qualities now include not only professional skills, but also the level of computer skills . What you have to do the corresponding inscription in the resume.
What computer skills does a candidate need for a vacant position?
What requirements applicants must meet depends on the specifics of the company. If the company you are planning to get into is selling its services through the communication capabilities of the Internet, this is one thing. And if we are talking about a plant that produces a certain type of product - this is different.
The position itself is also important: a secretary, a media manager, an advertising specialist, an accountant are required to know a computer better than a “PC user”.
What mark can be put in the resume?
Everyone knows that you should not lie in the resume and greatly exaggerate information about yourself. The truth will still be revealed, but with a modern approach to the interview procedure - sooner rather than later. This does not add to your chances of finding a job.
What should be written in the column "Computer Skills"? First, we will figure out what levels of PC users are highlighted, and what skills each of them includes.
- Initial: general information about the operating system (how to work in it, store information); knowledge of some basic PC programs, such as notepad, calculator, media player.
- Medium: knowledge of basic and office programs (ability to work in a text editor, create graphs, reports in tabular form, presentation material for demonstration at meetings);
- Confident computer skills include the following computer skills: not only knowledge of the operating system, basic and office programs, but also professional ones (for accountants - 1C, for secretaries - databases, for web designers - CMS, for "advertisers" - specialized graphic editors such as CorelDraw).
If you are at the initial level, and your position obliges you to have at least a middle one (according to modern ideas about the specialist in your field of activity), you can smooth out this point by indicating in the column “personal qualities” that you are easily trained and you are interested in everything new.
However, the employer or personnel specialist who will interview you will definitely ask why you did not begin to improve your skills in the field of computer technology, professionally useful programs. And one must be prepared for this issue: give a reasonable and simple explanation. For example, a young employee quit, his workload was transferred to you, and you, getting used to acting “the old fashioned way”, tried to do everything on time, postponing your training until better times. Such situations really happen, in addition, this explanation will allow you to show yourself in the best light: “I tried to do everything” - this means that you unobtrusively, in a hidden form speak of yourself as a responsible employee who is ready in force majeure situations give yourself all to work.
Even better, if you bring your computer skills to an average level before the interview and are already confident you will come to get a job.
What you need to know about the Internet?
A separate group of skills includes knowledge of the Internet. If you know how to send emails, look for the necessary information, filter it (discard dubious sources), your computer skills reach an average level. Therefore, in your resume, you can indicate in brackets what exactly you know about computer and communication technologies. For example: "an average level of PC knowledge: office programs, a confident Internet user (mail, search engines)."
If you are capable of:
- add press releases about your company on the relevant portals;
- actively communicate in forums, social networks;
- place ads on specialized portals (for realtors - these are sites where you can place an ad on the sale / purchase of real estate; for freighting companies - a logistics portal, etc.) or
- maintain a company website,
you are of great value as an employee ...
After all that has been said about the problem of employment and the business qualities of potential employees, you should think about what you can study now to be an attractive candidate for your employer than your competitors in the labor market.