Space is precious, and you shouldn’t be wasting it doing anything other than that. Rather, it’s to remind you of the mission of a resume or cover letter (or even LinkedIn profile): to tell a story that positions you as uniquely qualified for a job. Now, the point of this little rant isn’t to make you feel like an assh*le. Worse than that, you're suggesting that you don't have any skills more commendable than that to boast about. If you’re adding it to your profile, you’re pretty much differentiating yourself from. Of all the hundreds of skills you can possibly add to your profile on LinkedIn, and with hundreds of millions of users on LinkedIn, Microsoft Office ranks as the #2 most popular skill. Yet, I’m hardly the only person to make the silly mistake of promoting myself as being proficient in Microsoft Office. Second of all, who would apply for a job that requires working knowledge of computers without proficiency in one of the most common software suites in the digital universe? No one. First of all, if I were a college student not proficient in Microsoft Office, graduation (and really even just functioning on a daily basis) would be beyond a tremendous feat. Every time I look at the line on my resume that says, “proficient in Microsoft Office,” I feel like an assh*le.
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