What skills should I put on my resume?

What skills should I put on my resume?

Include skills that matter to the role and that you can discuss or demonstrate. Start with the job description, then check your own work and projects for evidence. Avoid listing tools you have only encountered briefly as though you use them confidently.

What to do

• Review each listed skill and identify where you used it. Remove terms you cannot explain or qualify limited exposure where that distinction matters.

• Group related skills under recognizable labels, such as languages, frameworks, and tools. Keep the most relevant groups easy to scan.

• Use experience bullets to demonstrate important skills rather than repeating the entire list beneath every project. Check product and language names for consistency.

Example

If testing is important to the role, a bullet describing the tests you wrote provides context that a testing library name alone cannot convey.

Use the skills section as a concise index to capabilities you can discuss, supported by the rest of the resume.