Examples of non-work experiences

Non-work achievements relate to all sorts of working attributes for example, organizing, communicating, project-management, coordinating, managing people, entrepreneurialism, determination, patience, planning, selling and marketing, purchasing and production, creating things, developing and building things, technical competence and expertise, research and knowledge-management.

Examples of non-work experiences that can be used as a basis of relevant and impressive experience, instead of work-related experiences:

- voluntary work - fund-raising - grants and funding applications - committee membership of societies and clubs - organizing things - at school, college, university, local community - campaigning for a cause - collecting things - making things - running a part-time business - teaching and helping people - caring for people - creating things - art, writing, photography, sculpture, etc. - thinking and philosophizing - meditating and religious pursuits

-languages - sports and fitness - games and competitions - organizing events and outings - entertaining and performing - computers and telecoms - music and singing - theatre and dance - local politics and trade union - activities/responsibilities - becoming expert and accumulating - knowledge in anything - reading - travel - overcoming personal difficulties (see disabilities and difficulties below) - turn these to a positive advantage and statement of determination, experience and emotional maturity

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Examples of soft skills

Employers are realizing how a candidate's soft skills can help them determine which potential employee should be offered the job. When you are short listed and there are two or three remaining candidates, your soft skills can give you that extra push that will win you the race.

* Problem solving;

* communication team player skills;

* conflict management;

* interpersonal skills;

* planning and organization;

* leadership and motivation skills;

* initiative.

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Some examples of writing about experience, achievements and career history

* Experienced and innovative general manager with sophisticated (e.g. sales, customer service and business administration) skills.

* High personal integrity and able to relate to and create trust in all.

* Highly articulate, confident and persuasive team-builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve exceptional business performance.

* Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce genuine long-term sustainable development.

* Persistent and flexible approach to the mutually beneficial achievement of business plans and personal goals of staff, suppliers and customers.

* Honors degree in (e.g. Mechanical Engineering).

* Over 20 years proven expertise in industrial purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, business development, marketing, sales and service.

* Background in a wide range of industries, including (e.g. construction, plant hire, pharmaceutical, hygiene services and industrial process control).

* Management of change within the demanding and pressurized business environment.

* Implementation of modern management practices, concerning personnel, IT, reporting systems, and partnership customer-supplier relations, etc.

* As production control executive with XYZ Corporation introduced pc-based systems to reduce lead-times from 7 months to 3 days, and inventory by 80% from $4.7m to $750k.

* As materials manager with ABC Inc. introduced systems to reduce lead-times from 3 months to 7 days, and inventory from $6m to $2.5m, and 12% reduction in $12m procurement costs.

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