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Skills
Leadership and Teamwork As vice-captain of Sheffield University Ladies football 1st team (201415) I play a major role in organising and running the team. I help select the team each week and
ensure that those playing turn up at the right place and time. In addition, I currently work as part
of a team to deliver IT services to unemployed adults in Broomhall within a Community Project.
My role within the team is to take a lead on database development.
Computing During my degree and relevant work experience I have acquired a whole range of IT
skills, many self-taught. For example, at Portal Services I taught myself MySQL in order to design
the online ordering system for a client. My present bank of skills includes: excellent working
knowledge of Microsoft Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver and the Internet, excellent knowledge
of the programming / scripting languages Java, Perl, PHP, SQL and of Unix and Linux.
Communication I have gained strong communication skills during my degree course from giving
presentations at seminars to participation in group work. At Portal Services I liaised with clients to
re-design websites. I also designed an online ordering system for one particular client, wrote a
user manual and provided training to members of staff.
Problem Solving Studying for a technical degree which incorporates systems design, analysis and
programming requires analytical, numerical and problem solving skills. I further developed these
skills during my Year in Industry placement at Waywards where I worked closely with staff to
define their requirements and then designed a computerised purchase order system for regular
steel orders.
Skills
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communication, leadership and organisation. Make sure your headings reflect the skills for
the job or course you are applying for. Do not simply list your skills, instead, describe
specific examples of how you have gained them and try to show how your actions made a
difference to the organisation or activity you were involved in.
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education, work experience or activities and interests. If youve already described all your
skills in these sections, you probably dont need a separate skills section as well.
Ensure that practical skills like IT, languages and driving licence are listed somewhere in
your CV.
References
Mr K Machon
IT Manager
Portal Services
18 Johns Road
Nottingham N5 7QX
Tel: 0116 12325
Email: k.machon@xxxxxl.co.uk
Dr L Dennis
Tutor
Department of Computer Science
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, S2 1BB
Tel 0114 98767
Email: l.dennis@xxxxxx.ac.uk
References
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