Show your soft skills

Getting that great job isn’t just about fulfilling all the selection criteria and having a fabulous CV – that’s why there are interviews. The final decision on who will be offered a position will have to take into consideration how a candidate will fit in within an organization, with the culture and with the people. There are a whole range of ‘soft skills’ that are important in additional to technical skills and experience. Potential employers will also be looking for personal attributes such as whether you can stay polite in stressful situations; whether you take responsibility and initiative when things go wrong; do you have a generally optimistic outlook. In an interview it’s important to show that you are the sort of person who is flexible, adaptable and easy to get along with – the sort of person that everyone wants to have around.