What I'm thinking of are 2 levels: proficient, experienced.
What about you?
I often take the NIH Proficiency Scale as an example. According to the latter, there should be 5 basic levels of proficiency: fundamental awareness, novice, intermediate, advanced and expert. Some scholars suggest a gradation scale where a personal skills proficiency level is measured from basic to limited, and then to expert. In CS, however, there are only 3 levels: basic, intermediate and advanced.
Should I include the proficiency levels in skills section how to guides buyessays or a resume
In the past I've included the number of years I've been using a skill, but that's still not the best measure of what skills you have.
My suggestion would be to only list the things you are 'good' at, and if you've played around with something but not really used it, don't put it on there. I'm sure tons of people put every possible related piece of software they have used like:
At that point the lesser skills like 'using a computer' start to outnumber the key skills, like technical writing. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but I know it would make the valuable skills harder to see if they get lost in less-good skills.
A résumé isn't supposed to list every achievement, skill, and piece of experience you have, that's what a Curriculum Vitae is, a résumé is supposed to be a 1-page summary (the word résumé literally means 'summary' in french) of the most relevant skills, experience, and education from your entire life's work (your CV). If it's not directly relevant to the job you're looking for, leave it off your summary :D
I'd not recommend you specifying any level of expertise as others mentioned, it is very subjective to each individual and more importantly, you've already set an expectation about you in your interviewer's mind. Instead, express your level of expertise by solving the problems given by them.
Yea, personally I've seen a lot of "my experience in javascript is level 9/10" which is totally subjective and I disagree with it. However, I have seen a number of companies/employers respond well to it. So perhaps your method of showing skills is a nice medium, as long as you include years spent on each. :)
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