[Tieno]

Like a lot of IT pros, a lot of my 'skills' are self taught through reading a book, trying stuff out, work experience...
When do you guys list something as a skill on your CV...I feel like I'm being holier than the pope on this one.

[Darias]

I usually consider something as a skill I can list on a CV as whether or not I would feel comfortable teaching it to someone else.

Imagine doing so - imagine teaching the skill in question to someone who knows very little about it. What questions would they ask? Would you feel comfortable and capable of answering those questions?

[DominoKid]

you can make anything sound like a skill if you sell it properly.

[thetrin]

Is it something the employer would consider an asset? Then it's a skill.

[Apeopleman]

I consider farting a skill

[alphaNoid]

If you have to ask, you don't have worthwhile skills. Listing things like, figuring stuff out, doing this or that, trying stuff out .. show your experiences are very shallow and not enterprise grade. Listing things like Certificates, Degrees and number of years experience with specific software or infrastructure are 'skills'.

ie. 8 years experience managing Microsoft SQL clusters. 5 years experience engineering data center infrastructure and power management.

"Experience with MS Office products"
"<insert number> years experience with computers"
"Fast learner"
"Self taught <insert item>"

These won't cut it for higher paying jobs. These will qualify you for entry level positions. Take those, then spend years acquiring real skills. Then, several years later once you have ample work experience with those skills, update your resume and go get a higher paying job elsewhere.

[Zoe]

I break it into two categories: proficient and experience. If I can do normal tasks without consulting a manual or Google, I'll put proficient. Otherwise I'll say that I'm experienced with it.

[Copernicus]

If you can teach it, it's a skill.