The successful candidate

You really want the job, but the first hurdle is a big one - how to decipher the job ad and make yourself sound like just what the employer is looking for. But it's not easy: what does "must have integrity" actually mean in concrete terms? Or "able to initiate change"? And how do you ideally demonstrate that you ve got it? Having interpreted over 75 of the most frequent job requirements, this book explains how you can demonstrate that you have what the employer is looking for. Recruitment ads seem to have a language all their own. The people who write them know what they are looking for, but do you? Help is at hand. The Successful Candidate translates recruitment-speak back into plain English, so you can find out what it is that employers really want.

Customer relations

Positive approach to customer service / customer focused / focused on client service / customer aware

Good / professional telephone manner

Good speaking voice

Helpful attitude

Enjoy dealing with people

Excellent influencing skills

Management

Good management skills

Skilled leader / ability to lead people

Ability to motivate people

Able to develop a team / good team building skills

Ability to develop people

Communication

Communication skills / ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing / confident communicator

Able to liaise at all levels

Ability to contribute at board level

Articulate

Good interpersonal skills / people skills

Willingness to deploy tact and diplomacy

Good negotiation skills

Personal image

Enthusiastic

Friendly

Sense of humour

Warm, positive approach

Outgoing personality

Presentable / smart in appearance

Approachable

Special kind of person / exceptional person / great personality

Personal qualities

Innovative

Ambitious / keen to progress / develop your career / zest for achievement

Determined / determination to succeed

Energetic

Hard working

Committed

Drive

Dedication

Integrity

Entrepreneurial

Professional

Reliability

Mature

Honest

Dynamic

Discreet

Loyal

A desire to learn / keen to learn

Work style

Flexibility / adaptability

Highly motivated

Good team player

Ability to use your initiative

Enjoy working to target / enthusiastic about exceeding targets / goal driven

Positive attitude / can-do attitude

Able to initiate / manage change

Self-motivated / pro-active / self-starter

Able to work unsupervised / be able to work with minimal supervision / ability to manage yourself

Quality approach to work

Disciplined approach to work

Efficiency

Ability to work well under pressure / calm under pressure

Good problem solver

Attentive to detail

Willingness to carry out duties

Not a clock-watcher

Imaginative use of resources

Well established work ethic

Ability to multi-task

Forward thinking

Enjoy working independently

General skills

Good analytical skills

Organisational skills / systematic

Ability to demonstrate accuracy

Ability to demonstrate numeracy

Good IT skills / passion for technology

Excellent administration skills

Strong financial awareness

Able to prioritise workload

Able to plan ahead

Work to tight deadlines

Effective time manager