Confident CV: Six ways your CV can show you as a team player - a podcast by Lis McGuire | The CV Confidence Coach | Professional CV Writer | Founder of Professional CV Writing Service Giraffe CVs | Recommended by Guardian Careers as one of the top 10 Twitter accounts to follow for careers advice, March 2014
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The once popular term ‘team player’ is now seen as a hackneyed cliché that you should avoid at all costs when writing your CV.
Despite this, the sentiment it represents – in essence ‘an ability to work effectively with others to achieve common goals’ – is as important as it ever was. Recruiters want to see that you are able to communicate with colleagues in a variety of contexts, and that you have the desirable interpersonal skills needed to link up with others and harness the power of your combined skills and experience.
This paradox can cause some head-scratching when writing your CV. So, how should you use your CV to show that you are a team player, without actually saying you are one?
Read the full transcript here.
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