Competencies recruiters look for
Photo taken at Gardens by the Bay, Sep 2018. Sunflowers in honour of Vincent Van Gogh.
Its internship application and interviewing time. One of the common questions I get from students are: what competencies should I include in my resume?
Look no further.
1. Examine the job advertisement
Most companies include competencies that help candidates succeed. Sometimes its under the Key Requirements or the Qualifications section
2. Full time applications
Even those that do not include the competences, such as those from DHL for their data science internship (below), will have a detailed writeup in their full time job applications. Similar competencies in identified by different full time opportunities in same company hint at the company culture and values.
3. Company website
Check out the company website. “What we look for in our candidates”. Writeups or profiles of employees and what they say.
4. Check out companies in same industry
Most companies in the same industry look for similar competencies. Sometimes they differ, depending on organisation culture.
5. External sources
Vault, wetfeet and other insider guides. Bear in mind that they could be subjective.
Analyst, intern, McKinsey
https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/search-jobs/jobs/business-analyst-intern-0003
Associate Intern, McKinsey
https://g.co/kgs/osTswf
FSO / MFA
https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Careers/Career-Opportunities/Foreign-Service-Officer-Political-and-Economic
Moody’s
Intern (Corporate Finance) – Contract until end of 2018
https://g.co/kgs/wJbHRN
Investment Bank/ DB
https://sg.gradconnection.com/employers/deutsche-bank/what-type-of-candidate-do-we-look-for/
Market Data Analyst, Summer Intern
Bloomberg
https://sg.neuvoo.com/view/?id=n705ddhv6v&source=gfj&utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic
DHL
Data Scientist, Analytics Lab
https://g.co/kgs/UWYr9N
Intern (Customer Analytics), DHL
https://g.co/kgs/ERfHU2
Manufacturing Intern, GE Aviation (Jan 2019 intake)
https://g.co/kgs/knfCWB
Intern, Automation; Robotics (Jan 2019 intake), GE
https://g.co/kgs/qTAcWc
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