skillarea

Name

skillarea — A group of broadly related skill sets

Synopsis

Content Model

(title,skillset+)

Attributes

Name	Type	Default
id	ID	None
targets	CDATA	None

Description

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.

Formatting

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.

Parents

skillarea may be contained in these elements: resume, skillareas

Attributes

id: A string used to uniquely identify a skill area. The skill area may then be referred to by this identifier.

Examples

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>