Never think employers will assume you have certain skills....

I attended an interview for an Assistant HR position at a big firm in Worcester. I really wanted to work for this company as I thought that my values fitted with their company culture well. Unfortunately, I didn't get the job. However, the company gave excellent feedback to where I went wrong. I wasn't able to demonstrate that I had the administration skills that they were looking for. Then I thought to myself, 'why is this?'.Then it dawned on me that I assumed that all people have the administration and social media skills that I have, so there was no point in mentioning them as it wouldn't distinguish me from the other candidates. How wrong was I! I believe that many graduates do this. They put a dampener on the skills that they do have as they believe all other graduates/applicants will have the same. After speaking to the recruiter, I found out that this was not the case. The outcome... for future interviews I have prepared examples to demonstrate my administration skills. I can input data, I can prepare reports, I can use Power Point, Word, Excel. I can analyse statistics with SPSS. I can use SAGE, Outlook and research for information as so much more! Doing these things everyday so that they are second nature doesn't mean they aren't skills employers want to hear about!