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Include yourself in your resume!

When you’re crafting a resume is can be easy to simply focus on the things that you can quantify. Your education. Number of years spent working here or there. Certifications. Before you know it, you’ve got a laundry list resume that doesn’t show employers the most important part of any application. Your personality.

More and more, employers are starting to evaluate candidates based on “culture fit.” Essentially, what they want to know is, “could we work with this person day-to-day?” Each workplace has a different definition of what it means to be a good culture fit, and culture can even vary by team. But one thing is certain, it’s getting all more important for an employers to feel like the candidates they choose will integrate well socially.

So how do you ensure that employers get a sense of your sterling personality? Choose a set of traits that describe your best qualities and include them in your resume under a section marked “Traits.” In fact, you can do this on Jobcase. Click “My Profile” in the top right-hand corner and edit your profile to add traits and get inspired by all the great qualities we have listed for you!

Take a look at our traits and let us know which ones you chose to best represent you!

We can’t wait to bring more new and improved tools to you. Stay tuned for more about Jobcase’s Resume or click #JobcaseInsider to see all of the posts in this series in one spot!

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The traits I chose for myself are: Dedicated, Flexible, Friendly, Honest, and Resourceful.

Hey Matt Bornhorst Ashley Wilson Lenin Pina , sound accurate? ;)

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