Planning Skills: Example Usage on Resumes, Skill Set & Top Keywords in 2021

Volen Vulkov

4 minute read

Updated on 2021-07-26

Featuring your planning skills on a resume is a great way to catch the recruiter’s attention and convince them of your potential value.

But not all resumes leave the same impression, and not any skill listed on a resume will get you hired.

That leaves you wondering —

What are the best planning skills to add to a resume?

Planning skills list and examples for your resume:

Experience

Project ManagerXleum

Jan/2014 - Feb/2019

Managed the planning and logistics processes for 75,000 units

Oversaw the development of residential properties from planning through handover for a combined portfolio of 250+ units

The control and supervision: detect incidents (measuring impact) followed incidents, in permanent contact with level 3

Led transition program to create new Operations centers, contributing to USD 3 Million in annual savings.

Implemented application helpdesk in Manila bringing down annual vendor support cost by GBP 50K.

Increased Service sales by 30% within 18 months

Successfully managed first 4G deployment in France, helping Cisco in swapping legacy 2G/3G legacy vendor.

These Planning skills are always in high demand:

Critical thinking and attention to detail
Negotiation
Project management
Attention to detail
Assertiveness
Communication
Leadership
Teamwork and collaboration

PRO TIPIf planning skills are a major aspect of the job you’re applying to, focus your whole resume on them. Try to show throughout different sections how you’re a good fit. And highlight what your planning skills allowed you to achieve during your career.

How to demonstrate Planning skills on your resume

Participated in planning and evaluation meetings to identify problems and propose business solutions
Trained planning team interns on schedules and timetables management
Handled the planning of production tasks and timeline setting to ensure on-time delivery

What jobs require Planning skills:

Project Manager
Consultant
Assistant Manager
Manager
Director
Business Development Manager
Software Engineer
Team Leader
Internship
Senior Manager

Read our article on how to add language skills on resume for additional tips and tricks.

Planning skills courses and certificates:

Create your first strategy: masterclass on strategy planning
Turn your ideas into action applying tried and tested business development and strategic planning tools
How to Write a Strategic Plan
Management Blueprint Series: Improve writing skills, write quality strategic plans, showcase results, save time
Strategic Business Planning: Formulate Effective Strategies
Utilize the Key Concepts of Strategic Planning to Develop Optimal Business Strategies
Planning for Business Growth
Strategic Planning process for Business

Here are the top related skills to Planning:

Responsible
Leadership
Management
Communication
Sales
Managing
Implementation
Project Management
Marketing
Analysis
Operations
Design
Monitoring
Reporting

Planning popularity over time:

Courtesy of Google Trends

You are about to make a career change? Then go through our 10 Career Change Resume Tips (with examples) and see what you’re missing out.

About this report:

Data reflects analysis made on over 1M resume profiles and examples over the last 2 years from Enhancv.com.

While those skills are most commonly met on resumes, you should only use them as inspiration and customize your resume for the given job.

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Volen Vulkov

Volen Vulkov is a resume expert and the co-founder of Enhancv. He applies his deep knowledge and experience to write about career change, development, and how to stand out in the job application process.