Use these communication skills to highlight your ability to get along with work colleagues, clients and managers.
Examples you can use in a CV to show you are someone who can get along with people from all social and cultural backgrounds;
- A good listener and talker who can hold a conversation with complete strangers.
- Ability to build a compelling argument.
- Able to enter into constructive dialogues with people with whom I disagree.
- Able to inspire the trust of others.
- Able to make others relaxed and comfortable in my presence.
- Able to quickly build credibility with people I have just met.
- Accurately understanding information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Adapting tone, language and style for different situations.
- Always being respectful and polite to others.
- Articulate, polite and well mannered.
- Articulating complicated concepts in simple terms.
- Asking open and probing questions to fully understand the views of others.
- Assertive in interpersonal work related relationships.
- Can adapt to the tone of a conversation.
- Can communicate clearly within a team environment.
- Can convey an articulate message’s in both verbal, written and electronic form.
- Can keep the buzz of a conversation going.
- Can liaise with people on both a personal and professional level.
- Can understand non-verbal messages.
- Capacity to recognize and understand the emotions of the person you’re communicating with.
- Challenging people in a non-confrontational way.
- Clearly explaining complex concepts in a clear manner.
- Comfortable dealing with individuals of all levels of seniority.
- Communicating negative or difficult messages without creating conflict or destroying trust.
- Communicating with people from all social backgrounds and age groups.
- Confident speaker both in person and over the phone.
- Contagious enthusiastic manner that is infectious.
- Conveying messages in as few words as possible.
- Diffusing difficult or emotionally charged situations.
- Easy going by nature.
- Easy to get along with.
- Forming strong trusting relationship’s with work colleagues.
- Good at overcoming objections.
- Good public speaking skills.
- Have a natural empathy and willingness to understand, before being understood.
- Have a professional & friendly manner that quickly puts people at ease & makes them more receptive to suggestions.
- Have the ability to understand as well as be understood.
- Having a clear voice.
- Having a relaxed and approachable manner that people find welcoming and not intimidating.
- Having the calm temperament needed to resolve disputes between different parties.
- I never underestimate the value of a smile and a warm welcome, and always go out of my way to give both to people I meet.
- Listening to others without interrupting them.
- Making people feel that their views are being listened to and valued.
- Making sure that meaningful communication takes place at the right time by using the right channels to the right employees.
- Networking and collaborating cross-functionally.
- Patient by nature and able to deal with difficult or obnoxious customers.
- Persuading others to see a particular point of view.
- Quickly picking up the point of view a person is trying to get across.
- Selecting the right words to convey a message.
- Sharing viewpoints openly and directly with others.
- Speaking clearly and listening attentively.
- Superb conflict resolution skills.
- Thinking in advance about what I am going to say in a meeting.
- Using positive body language to create the right atmosphere.
- Using relationships to generate new opportunities.
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