It’s true that, sometimes, time seems endless to us when we have a little student job, this precious time that we would happily spend with friends or in front of the TV. However, a student’s job can be extremely useful or even essential financially in this period of our life when we are most fragile. This odd job also has other significant advantages. The professional experience and the so-called “soft” skills that you have developed!
In this article, we give you 10 soft skills that you can highlight on a CV thanks to your student job!
Stress Resistance
Depending on the job, you have probably already been subjected to special pressure (a wave of customers flooding you when you were alone on duty, for example). Knowing how to manage stressful situations is a quality that is mainly sought after in the professional environment.
Adaptability
Whether it is a new team, new rules to apply, a new sector of activity, or even night schedules, you have often had to adapt while continuing to do your job.
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Versatility
Very often, during a student job, the employer entrusts many missions (very different from each other) and you have successfully taken up the challenge! This skill highly appreciated by recruiters.
Autonomy
These soft skills deserves to highlighted on your CV. Indeed, you have more chances of being recruited if you can “fend for yourself” without having to be supervised every second.
Responsiveness
Thanks to your various odd student jobs, you learned to be reactive and operational very quickly. Do not hesitate to specify this skill on your CV!
Sense of Responsibility
Some jobs have allowed you to develop your sense of responsibility when you have had to take care of children or have been in contact with customers while representing the company for which you worked, for example.
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Open-Mindedness
Being a student also allows you to get to know different sectors during your odd jobs (catering, distribution, early childhood, etc.) as well as new people from all walks of life. What a great skill acquired thanks to these odd jobs!
Teamwork
Most of the time, you have integrated a company and more particularly a team. Knowing how to divide up the different tasks , able to work hand in hand with several other people is extremely important for the vast majority of positions offered today.
Communication and Relations
Since these student jobs represent your first steps in professional life, they have enabled you to acquire certain communication skills but also to begin to create a professional network (people you meet, managers, colleagues, directors, etc.).
Professionalism
Finally, the last (but not the least) soft skill that you can highlight on your CV is professionalism! Indeed, you had to show your polished friendly, available, and sometimes face some customers’ demands while keeping a smile.
When Applying For a Job, Take Care of These Things
Your CV presents you and highlights you. No question of rushing it, even for a small job! Take the time to write it up. Do not hesitate to make one or more drafts. Take advantage of any workshops to help with CV writing offered by your local unemployment support office. Many sites offer CV models classified by type of position or by field of activity.
It is important to adapt your application to each type of position sought. For a position related to hospitality in a company, you will highlight your excellent presentation, your smiling attitude, and your ability to guide people. Insist on what, in your career, your training or knowledge linked to the field of activity. Start with the expected skills and draw from your experience – even minimal. The qualities that you have been able to develop correspond to the requirements of the position.
Your CV must be type and airy, fit on one page, of course, be free from spelling mistakes. Once your whole route has traced, try to synthesize as much as possible. The CV must be clear to a recruiter: have it read by those around you with a critical eye. To write it, you can take inspiration from existing models, but avoid copying and pasting them mechanically. You can download CV creation software free of charge.
When you send an email to a recruiter, attach your CV as an attachment in PDF format preferably. Or, failing that, in Word format. In all cases, name your CV with your first and last name. To submit and distribute your CV online, you can use the many job sites and aggregators.
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