Positive personality trait
Sensitive
Aware of how other people feel and careful to respond kindly.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Notices when someone is upset before they say so.
- Chooses words with care on a hard subject.
- Adjusts their tone to the person in front of them.
Fits when a person notices how others feel and responds with care
Not when the reader may hear the other sense, easily upset or hurt
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
On a resume, sensitive can be read as easily upset; describe care shown to clients, patients or colleagues and its result instead.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is sensitive to how others are feeling: when [a colleague or a client] was going through [a hard time], they noticed and quietly made things easier.
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Report card comment [Name] is sensitive to the feelings of others and is often the first to help a classmate who is upset.
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In a story, shown not told Her friend laughed at the joke a second too late. On the walk home, she asked what was wrong, and waited for the answer.
The sensitive teenager noticed her friend had gone quiet and walked her home.
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