Writing improves our comprehension and critical thinking abilities. It helps us to convey who we are as individuals. Our thinking and learning become tangible and lasting when we write them down. 

It also improves our capacity to communicate and clarify our thoughts to others and ourselves. Writing skills hold importance in resume building, along with many other jobs. However, there isn’t just one writing skills but many which are useful in resume writing, such as:

• Basic Writing Skills: spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, brevity, reading or proofreading

For Example– which skills does the job require specifically, reflect that in the most strong manner.

Google Docs, SEO, and WordPress are all included in the job ad.

Your resume should reflect: 

• 300+ long-form blog posts created using Google Docs. On three drafts of each, I worked with editors.
• For 700+ posts, I used advanced SEO skills to conduct keyword analysis. In 18 months, traffic increased from 0 to 600,000 readers per month.
• In WordPress, I created 500+ posts, each with all metadata, charts, tables, and 5–10 images.

• Business Writing Skills: press release writing, report writing, analysis, content management, and newsletter writing

For Example-

The job description reads, ” report writing, newsletter writing.”

Your resume should reflect:

• Monthly and annual reports, business intelligence reports, and project reports were among the 50+ business reports I wrote.

• For two years, I wrote a weekly newsletter with over 5,000 subscribers. The business website now has over 2,000 users.

• Professional Writing Skills: MS office, note-taking, email writing, written communication skills, etc

For Example- 

The job description reads, “MS Phrase, email writing.”

Your resume should reflect:

• Used MS Word’s commenting and monitoring functionality to work on company reports with 20 team members.
• To save 2+ hours per week, I used Outlook’s email files, tasks, and rules. The method was adopted by five colleagues in order to save time in their schedules.

• College Writing Skills: narration, persuasion, essay writing, thesis writing, and academic writing skills

For Example-

Skills in essay writing and creative writing are sought by colleges.

Your resume should reflect:

• My essay, “Grasshoppers, Ants, and the Kennebec River,” won the high school essay writing contest.
• Four initial science fiction stories were published and distributed to national markets.

• Technical Writing Skills: feedback gathering, preparing documents, collaboration, research, analysis, and planning

For Example-

The job description reads, “technical writing, product awareness.”

Your resume should reflect:

• Produced 50+ executive-level briefings per year using professional writing skills. Management commended me 5 times for brevity and precision.
• Documentation was created for 153 software solutions. Engineers saved 5 hours a week by using in-depth product expertise.

While the soft skills which should be reflected in your resume are persistence, empathy, work ethic, interpersonal skills, creativity, patience, etc

• Grant Writing Skills- attention to detail, storytelling, creativity, subject knowledge, organization, and persuasion

For Example- 

Grant writing and storytelling, according to the job description.

Your resume should reflect:

• I wrote 17 grants, with a performance rate of 70%. A total of $145,000 was raised for the group.
• To demonstrate the organization’s need, I used storytelling skills. 95 percent of the officials who accepted our grants said our story moved them.

• Email Writing Skills- sales email, business email, consistency, brevity, and mail merges

For Example- 

Mail merges and company addresses, according to the job description.

Your  resume should reflect:

• Using MS Outlook and MS Access, I created monthly newsletter mail merges that reached 30,000 customers every month.
• Every day, I answered and wrote 30+ business emails to clients. 35 new customer relationships were established using sales email skills.

How to Improve Your Writing Skills?

• Refresh the writing basics, such as spelling and grammar.
• Write and read regularly. Writing with expertise requires time and effort.
• Find someone who can provide you with input on your writing.
• Reread and imitate the writing you love.
• Until you start writing, make a plan.
• When you’re done, revise your work, even if you’re tired of it.
• Write the first draft as quickly as possible. Then go back and make the required adjustments.
• Delete something from your writing that isn’t absolutely necessary.
• Do your homework. The most popular cause of stumbling is a lack of ideas about what to say or write.
• Don’t be a procrastinator.

If you are interested in an artistic or creative career option, JD Institute which reflects a legacy of over 30 years, is one of the best and oldest premium dedicated to creativeness or art. It provides various industry-based courses or courses tailored in such a manner that it prepares the students for the real world, like fashion business courses including fashion business management or fashion business management course. JD Institute shares a vision of providing the best infrastructure, cutting edge technology, resource library, etc., so that no external factor acts as a barrier between the students and their dreams or restricts them from standing shoulder to shoulder with the leaders of the industry they wish to enter. 

Due to their exemplary contribution to the field of education, they have been awarded various tokens of recognition such as the times’ power icon award, leaders in education award, international glory award, best skill learning for fashion design in India at the Indian education awards and many more. They also reflect a record-breaking placement of 99%, ensuring that talent meets opportunity along with their students making a mark in the industry such as Maheka Mirpuri, Rocky S, Shane peacock and working in the top companies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Sabyasachi, PepperFry, Zara to name a few. The students are selected through a GAT or general aptitude test, which has been carefully drafted by the department to assist the institution in determining the creative or artistic abilities of the candidates. The nature of this test is more on the qualitative side as it gives an opportunity to the candidate with regards to putting their creative thinking or problem solving to use, followed by a personal interview. Your path to success awaits you. Enroll now!