Timeline for Should I list skills on my résumé if I have no interest in using them again?
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 19:08 | comment | added | TOOGAM | +1 w/ commentary: Only take the time to mention skills that are relevant for what you are trying to do. e.g.: did you cook food? Don't mention cooking if you don't plan to cook. You can mention "product preparation" if you intend to work on making products usable. See if you can (honestly, straight-forward) describe stuff in ways that will be useful. If not, don't mention them unnecessarily. If you must mention certain experience to describe a job because you're mentioning work history, then minimize the description and move on; save space for on-topic good stuff. | |
| Feb 24, 2014 at 18:26 | comment | added | bdesham | “Otherwise, why did you list it? Just so I know you can do it?” Well, yes. If tools A, B, and C are dominant in a given problem space, and I’ve used all three of them but strongly prefer B, then that indicates that I have the ability to look at the problem in different ways. It also means that my preference for B is well-informed—it wasn’t just, for example, the easiest tool to use. For these reasons I don’t think listing the extra skills qualifies as bragging. | |
| Feb 24, 2014 at 17:54 | history | answered | eykanal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |