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Skills I Wish I Could Include On My Resume

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Resumes are a pain, but we all have one. Obviously the resume I have was good enough to land me a full-time job in my field a few months ago. I spent a lot of time on that resume. But the thing is, all these fancy-shmancy companies that saw that resume didn’t ask for the good stuff. Like, yeah, sure, I have a degree. And yeah, I volunteered for an event. Cool. I’ll tell you that. But what about the other things? At what point do I let employers know how many times I sneezed last year? I am an expert sneezer. They should know that. And they should know I’m really good at spooning out just the noodles in a chicken noodle soup. I am a package deal, after all.

I guess one could argue that it’s “unprofessional”. Good thing I don’t care about that on this blog! So here, my dear readers, are a list of all the skills I wish I could include on my resume.

  • Has the high score on Bop-It (on both levels)
  • Is really good at scoring in Quidditch from far away
  • Can recite several musical soundtracks in their entirety including but not limited to: Hamilton, The Last Five Years, and Dear Evan Hansen
  • Can live off of cheese pizza and plain pasta for a good long time
  • Is a fast walker. Additionally, takes the stairs two at a time.
  • Can solve the 15-number slide puzzle really fast.
    15 slide puzzle
  • Is up on the teen lingo and memes
  • Often sneaks food into movie theaters
  • Types reasonably fast
  • Knows all the words to ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ by Billy Joel
  • Forced her grade 10 religion teacher to stop class on November 11th 2011 at 11:11am to make The Ultimate Wish
  • Has an amazing sense of direction and has led her family around foreign cities many times
  • Successfully can manage to keep up with 14-ish TV shows a week
  • Is really good at the Coconut Mall course in Mario Kart Wii
  • Can function pretty well on little sleep
  • Can clap off the clap light on the first try about 60% of the time
  • Never misses an email because she checks it far too often
  • Can eat raw onions with little to no crying. Similarly, can cut raw onions with little to no crying.

I've got mad skills gif

These are just some of my hidden talents and skills that I am very proud of, and I’m not joking when I say that. Most people may never know and fully appreciate these. It’s a shame. I think it’s cool that I (and I’m sure most people) have these interesting skills that don’t get a chance to come out that often.

What skills of yours do you wish you could openly advertise more often?

 

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