Career Atlas

Skill

communication skills

561
résumés have it
89
roles span it
0.6%
of all résumés

communication skills appears in 561 U.S. résumés — 0.6% of all résumés — and spans 89 different roles. People who list it most often also carry Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Analytical Skills.

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Commonly paired with

The skills that people who have communication skills most often also carry, ranked by how strongly they co-occur. Great for planning what to learn next.

multitasking
N=31organizational skills
N=49analytical skills
N=25leadership skills
N=20quick learner
N=16interpersonal skills
N=63computer skills
N=24attention to detail
N=18spanish
N=46team player
N=58regulations
N=34english
N=89time management
N=56construction
N=42phone
N=89

Co-occurrence is measured across 561 real résumés that list this skill. Every pairing shows N, the count of real résumés behind it. How we count

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