It's a tough market out there, so if you're on the job hunt, it's best to take all the advice you can get on improving your chances.
Usually that involves adding certain talents and wins to your CV, but new analysis by PayScale suggests you should actually be concentrating on removing certain skills if you want to get your foot in the door.
According to the data company's research, 25 skills led to a negative pay gap of 15.4 per cent.
The solution? If you spot any of these on your CV, delete them or reword them for applying for your next job:
1. Filing
2. Property management
3. Data entry
4. Bookkeeping
5. AS/400
6. Call centre
7. Help desk/help support
8. Collections
9. Intuit QuickBooks
10. Delphi
11. Packaging
12. Computer hardware technician
13. Plumbing
14. Administration
15. Pricing
16. System repair
17. Shipping
18. Document preparation
19. Customer service
20. Dreamweaver
21. Online research
22. Paying invoices
23. Phone support
24. Wordpress
25. Typing
