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How to emphasize that you are a fast learner: Include it in your CV
Your CV is often the first thing that employers read to help them decide if you'd be a good fit for the role. Consider emphasizing being a quick learner in the following sections of the document:
- Skills section: You can simply put the phrase "ability to learn quickly" as one of the bullet points.
- Education: Instead of just listing your degree accomplishments, consider including the education you're actively pursuing that's relevant to your career. Things like leadership training, project management courses or even online classes can show you're a lifelong learner.
- Work experience: For example
, showing that your former employer decided to promote you to a more advanced role after just a few months in a new job shows that you can quickly learn and adapt to new work environments.
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How being a quick learner can help your career
- If you're a fast learner, even if you're tasked with something for the first time in your career, you're more likely to quickly learn the new skills required or gain more knowledge about a subject.
- Being a fast learner can sometimes help you advance your career.
- If you're ...
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What does it mean to be a quick learner?
A quick learner is someone who can understand and process information in a relatively short space of time.
Apart from being able to understand the information, as a quick learner, you should be able to apply what you've learned in a given situation. Fast learners u...
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Mention you're a quick learner in your cover letter
A cover letter is typically an essential element of a job application that helps the hiring manager get to know you better.
In the letter, you can use skills keywords to make yourself seem like a more desirable candidate.
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Practice discussing being a quick learner
It's important that you can also emphasize being a fast learner in a conversation. Here are some useful terms to become familiar with before your interview:
- Adept: This term means that you're very skilled or proficient at something.
- Capable: If...
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How to improve your ability to learn quickly
- Discover what motivates you. Consider analyzing your work history to see when you've been the most productive and eager to learn.
- Taking notes by hand is an excellent method that may help you remember things faster.
- Having excellent ...
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Demonstrating your soft skills, such as the ability to learn quickly, in your CV can help you make a good impression on a recruiter.
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How much to ask for
- Look at what your role pays industrywide. Online tools can help you learn what the median pay is for industry, position, and location.
- Avoid asking your colleagues what they're paid.
- Avoid asking for an outlandish increase.
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