20 ridiculous skills you should never include on your resume

20 ridiculous skills you should never include on your resume 20 ridiculous skills you should never include on your resumeYou might be well-versed in Microsoft Office or consider yourself social media savvy,but are you proficient in dodging potholes?And do you really want to work for a company that cant appreciate your margarita-makingskills?As far-fetched as it might seem, these examples arent too far off from the types of skills some folks like to list on their resumes. Recently, people have been adding skills like butter and hugs to their LinkedIn profilesand actually getting endorsed for them. In fact, there are quite a few jobs posted that are looking for candidates with a sense of humor.But how far is too far? Can your ability to make the redemption cup in a game of beer pong really get you a job?As great as it might be to show off that sense of humor, Monster Careers Expert Vicki Salemi says your resume isnt the place to do it.Consider your resume like your college diploma pri stine, prestigious and to the point, Salemi says. Instead, you can leverage your cover letter as a chance to show off your hilarious skill set.Still, because its generally best to stick with skills that are job-related, transferable and adaptive, weve rounded up some of the more questionable abilities people have saved for Twitterrather than recruitersto enjoy.Skills gained through work experienceOn my resume under skillsSwitching tabs from Facebook to something work-related really fast every time my boss approaches Pegah Y (ohpegah) June 23, 2016I set up two people at work and they went on a date last night. Brb adding Match Maker under the special skills section on my resume. Kristen Boxman (kboxofjoy) June 26, 2016Eight years at ESPN taught me the time-math to quickly fast forward through the opening credits of TV shows on Netflix ResumeSkills JIP Jason Serino (JasonSerino) February 27, 2014Skills that are downright amazingReplacing all my work skills with real life skills on my resume. Can eat a large pizza alone, 9 years of liquid eyeliner experience. Becky Tanton (BeckyTanton) March 31, 2016Just changed from jeans to shorts on the bus without anyone noticing. ResumeSkills Anthony Colon (Anthonyishere) June 10, 2012resumeskills ability to recite all the words to the Kanye West classic Gold Digger melissa (mellcath) September 24, 2013Ive come to the realization that I play a mean tambourine ResumeSkills? Lexi Jason (lexi_jason) April 23, 2014I suddenly realized...I speak cat I need to add this to my resume. ResumeSkills ImTheMissy (ImTheMissy) May 24, 2014ResumeSkills able to drive in the rain, wearing only one contact lens Lauren Phillips (yipeeitslaurie) June 25, 2014Can load a Pez dispenser all in one go. resumeskills Jeremy Owen (BurlyJer) December 7, 2014Im really good at picking up those last few grains of rice with my chopsticks resumeskills Fredonia State Dad (TheJollyJustine) May 12, 2015Skills that almost hit the markUpdating my skills on the res ume. jobs work artlife pic.twitter.com/lIfQIwRYuZ Kevin Hetzel (hetzelart) March 1, 2016*typing resume*skills-easy to work with-basic conversational spanish-really good at hiding double chin with the snapchat bar Allie Stevens (allieegatorrrr_) February 27, 2016(My resume)Skills limited Spanish proficiency, Microsoft Office, Adobe, getting toothpaste on every article of clothing I wear dahlia (heythere_dahlia) May 10, 2016Skills to be taken with a grain of saltJob interviewers love confidence. So when I write a resume I write AF after all my work skills Narin Vann (NarinVann) June 8, 2016Recent College GraduatesMake sure to add Can talk about humus during work potlucks to your resume.Employers love those soft skills Paul (PaulJMalcore) June 2, 2016Skills actually sent to recruitersJust had someone send in a resume at work listed under special skills he listed slightly handsome. Thats either ingenious or horrible. Jason Fry (frydorov) April 21, 2016instead of listing dates for work in a resume I received, the applicant wrote Guess what I did in 2008? resumeskills Cat (Cheryl) Aulakh (2ndActHealth) August 31, 2010