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When organization hire,
they seek employees with
the personal skills
and attributes to
successfully interact with
employees, colleagues,
managers, customers,
vendors and others in the
workplace.
Here's a list of personal
skills and qualities for resumes, cover letters, job applications and interviews.
Personal Skills
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Accountable
Accuracy
Adaptability
Adept
Alertness
Ambition
Amiability
Analytical
Articulate
Assertive
Attentiveness
Businesslike
Capable
Caring
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Considerate
Consistency
Cooperation
Dedication
Detail Oriented
Dependability
Determination
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Empathy
Encouraging
Energy
Enterprising
Ethical
Experienced
Flexibility
H - M
Hardworking
Helpfulness
Honesty
Independent
Industriousness
Imaginative
Influence
Innovation
Insightful
Intuitive
Interpersonal Interviewing
Leadership
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Motivation
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Optimism
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Perceptive
Perseverance
Positive
Practical
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