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The video provides actionable advice on improving a resume's skills section by focusing on specificity and strategic value, which is a common pain point for job seekers. The use of clear examples and direct calls to action makes the advice easy to understand and implement.

Summary

This video advises viewers to stop using vague terms in their resume's skills section and instead focus on specific, strategic skills relevant to the job. It emphasizes that specific skills make candidates more searchable and desirable to employers, contrasting task-based skills with strategic thinking.

Structure

1Stop using vague skills on your resume
2Focus on specific, strategic skills
3Tailor skills to the job opportunity
4Highlight strategic thinking over task execution
5Make your LinkedIn profile searchable

Product placement

The video discusses resume and LinkedIn skills sections, using examples of broad vs. specific skills. It mentions "marketing," "AI," "social media," "short-form content strategy," "go-to-market strategy," "brand positioning," "AI workflow design," "AI agent building," and "rapid prototyping with AI tools" as examples of specific skills. It also shows examples of resumes and LinkedIn profiles.

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Putting broad skills like marketing or AI on your resume or portfolio is doing you no favours. Here's how to use that section to highlight your best skillsets and showcase the level you produce at #skills #jobtips #careeradvice #portfolio

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Call to action

Audit yours right now and swap out all that generic language immediately.

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Transcript

you need to stop filling the skill section of your resume with the same words as everyone else applying for the job. Welcome to how to become disgustingly hireable. We're talking about what to actually put in a skills section of your CV, portfolio or LinkedIn. The skills section of a resume or portfolio is top one real estate. And one of the first things potential employers or clients see. So what do we tend to put in that section? Words like marketing, AI, social media, broad words that tell nothing about the work and the level you're capable of producing at. The tip here is not to list 20 skills. You should find the very specific skills you want to be doing more of, are your specialty and are specific to the job/opportunity, which means that social media becomes short-form content strategy or platform native content for Gen Z audiences. Marketing becomes go-to-market strategy or brand positioning for early stage companies. AI becomes AI workflow design or AI agent building or rapid prototyping with AI tools. Adding that specificity makes it easier to hire you. The other thing most people miss: skills that show your strategic lens are worth more than skills that show task execution. Campaign management is a task. Audience segmentation and funnel strategy is a way of thinking. Those are irreplaceable. And one of those is definitely not. And when it comes to LinkedIn specifically, your skills section feeds the algorithm. So the more specific and searchable your skills are, the more likely you are to show up when someone's looking. So specific skills, more likely you are to show up when someone's looking. Stop being vague. Audit yours right now and swap out all that generic language immediately.