 skill |  Element Reference | skillareas |
skillarea — A group of broadly related skill sets
The skillarea element contains one or more skillsets. Usually the skill sets it contains are related to each other, at least in a general sense.
For example, a “Computer Skills” skill area may contain skillsets titled “Programming”, “Office Programs”, and “Hardware”.
It is quite common for a résumé to contain only one skill area.
The text of skill area's title element is displayed as a top-level heading in all output formats. Then all contained skill sets are displayed sequentially. See skillset for information about skill set formatting.
skillarea may be contained in these elements: resume, skillareas
A string used to uniquely identify a skill area. The skill area may then be referred to by this identifier.
Example 8. Broad skill area
<skillarea>
<title>Skills</title>
<skillset>
<title>Computers</title>
<skill>Typing (<emphasis>150 WPM!!</emphasis>)</skill>
<skill>Dropping little food crumbs in keyboards</skill>
</skillset>
<skillset>
<title>Writing</title>
<skill>Editing</skill>
<skill>Cursive</skill>
</skillset>
</skillarea>Example 9. More focused skill area
<skillarea>
<title>Financial Skills</title>
<skillset>
<title>Investing</title>
<skill>Stocks</skill>
<skill>Bonds</skill>
<skill>Money market accounts</skill>
<skill>Retirement accounts</skill>
</skillset>
<skillset>
<title>Bookkeeping</title>
<skill>Amortization</skill>
<skill>Loan schedules</skill>
<skill>Book balancing</skill>
</skillset>
<skillset>
<title>Advising</title>
<skill>Retirement investment</skill>
<skill>College investment</skill>
<skill>Philanthropy</skill>
</skillset>
</skillarea>