Qualifications are not everything, it seems.

Skills, work experience and personal attributes on a CV are more important to managers than qualifications, according to research by Conference Genie.

Skills came out on top, with nearly a third (30%) of respondents choosing this as the most important component of a CV. More than a quarter (26%) believe that work experience should be ranked highest. Sixteen per cent of managers said the personal statement was the most important aspect of a candidate’s CV.

The report, which investigated what employers are looking for in ‘superstar employees’, also found that the most highly valued trait is efficiency, with 21% of managers ranking this the highest. The least popular trait was resilience, chosen by only one in 20 (5%) managers.

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