Fri, 22 Jun 2012

UK jobseekers are too reserved to effectively sell themselves while job hunting, shows research from jobs board Gumtree.com.

It found that 92% of UK jobseekers aren’t confident about talking about themselves in an interview, with 27% saying they sell themselves ‘very poorly’ because they find it hard to talk about their skills abilities.

Employers claim that nearly half (42%) of job candidates regularly undersell themselves, and 28% downplay their skills and capabilities in interviews.

It also listed the industries where jobseekers are most likely to undersell themselves in an interview:

• Public sector (53% of workers say they undersell themselves)
• Media (52%)
• Health worker (51%)
• Retail (46%)
• Education (45%)