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On the job hunt? Remove these skills from your CV right now

Published 11:10 15 May 2017 BST

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On the job hunt? Remove these skills from your CV right now

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It's a tough market out there, so if you're on the job hunt, it's best to take all the advice you can get on improving your chances.

Usually that involves adding certain talents and wins to your CV, but new analysis by PayScale suggests you should actually be concentrating on removing certain skills if you want to get your foot in the door. According to the data company's research, 25 skills led to a negative pay gap of 15.4 per cent. The solution? If you spot any of these on your CV, delete them or reword them for applying for your next job: 1. Filing 2. Property management 3. Data entry 4. Bookkeeping 5. AS/400 6. Call centre 7. Help desk/help support 8. Collections 9. Intuit QuickBooks 10. Delphi 11. Packaging 12. Computer hardware technician 13. Plumbing 14. Administration 15. Pricing 16. System repair 17. Shipping 18. Document preparation 19. Customer service 20. Dreamweaver 21. Online research 22. Paying invoices 23. Phone support 24. Wordpress 25. Typing

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On the job hunt? Remove these skills from your CV right now