Skills to evaluate against your experience
These are the highest-rated skills in our O*NET selection for home health aides. Importance uses O*NET’s 1–5 scale; it is not an ATS score or a checklist every employer requires. Include a skill only when you can demonstrate it.
| Skill | Importance / 5 |
|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 4 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 |
| Time Management | 3.12 |
| Speaking | 3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Instructing | 3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3 |
| Writing | 2.88 |
Software examples associated with this occupation
Use the actual posting to select relevant tools. Familiarity varies by employer and specialization.
- Linux
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle Database
- Python
- SAP software
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Turn your experience into a resume bullet
Choose a task you have actually done. Add your own action, context and result; the worksheet assembles your words without inventing experience.
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Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
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Check that it explains your own contribution, connects to the target posting and uses facts you can support. Remove confidential details. If you lack paid experience, a relevant project, internship or volunteer example can provide evidence; label that context accurately.
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