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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 35084" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>You don’t have to claim these qualities explicitly - this can often come across as a bit glib and unnecessary.</p><p></p><p>But in a CV you can potentially show these qualities subtly through how you describe your experiences. For instance many of the problem solving responsibilities someone would have in a part time retail/hospitality job will typically demonstrate common sense.</p><p></p><p>Integrity doesn’t have to be explicitly claimed either. If you have had to do any role where you have to cash up at the end of the day, or if you have been responsible for any extra curricular activities involving matters that need integrity.</p><p></p><p>Commercial awareness can be demonstrated through your work experience or extra curricular activities in your CV. Explaining your motivations for why the firm/why a training contract with them in a CV may also demonstrate your commercial awareness and how this links to your career motivation.</p><p></p><p>A recruiter is a human being and someone who reads applications/CVs all the time - they are literally an expert at seeing qualities or competencies in the detail of your experiences that they don’t need to be explicitly told you have developed these things. There are some rare exceptions - sometimes you have a rare experience that may need explaining more, but even then I think the language you use will still do that better than saying something as blunt as “Developed commercial awareness through X”.</p><p></p><p>So in short, think about what responsibilities/achievements demonstrate those qualities and just describe them instead (especially on a CV).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 35084, member: 2672"] You don’t have to claim these qualities explicitly - this can often come across as a bit glib and unnecessary. But in a CV you can potentially show these qualities subtly through how you describe your experiences. For instance many of the problem solving responsibilities someone would have in a part time retail/hospitality job will typically demonstrate common sense. Integrity doesn’t have to be explicitly claimed either. If you have had to do any role where you have to cash up at the end of the day, or if you have been responsible for any extra curricular activities involving matters that need integrity. Commercial awareness can be demonstrated through your work experience or extra curricular activities in your CV. Explaining your motivations for why the firm/why a training contract with them in a CV may also demonstrate your commercial awareness and how this links to your career motivation. A recruiter is a human being and someone who reads applications/CVs all the time - they are literally an expert at seeing qualities or competencies in the detail of your experiences that they don’t need to be explicitly told you have developed these things. There are some rare exceptions - sometimes you have a rare experience that may need explaining more, but even then I think the language you use will still do that better than saying something as blunt as “Developed commercial awareness through X”. So in short, think about what responsibilities/achievements demonstrate those qualities and just describe them instead (especially on a CV). [/QUOTE]
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