Ms. Career Girl

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The post Improve Your Resume with Stronger Accomplishments appeared first on Ms. One of the simplest and most effective ways to really boost your resume’s content, though, is to highlight your accomplishments. If done correctly, highlighting your accomplishments makes both you and your resume look more impressive from the get-go. Here are three great ways to bulk up your resume with stronger accomplishments. Consider Non-Work-Related Accomplishments.

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Ms. Career Girl

MARCH 8, 2017

The post How to Start Enjoying Hard Work And Accomplishing Your Goals appeared first on Ms. Accomplishing Things Without Expecting Immediate Rewards. The likelihood that you will accomplish your goals is dependent upon the work you are willing to put in everyday, even under tough circumstances. Reward Real Accomplishments Along The Way. Maybe you’d like to accomplish one of the following things: Open Your Own Business. Featured Goals Accomplishing Your Goals

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Cube Rules

JUNE 25, 2020

Simply put: In your resume accomplishments, size matters. How to find business results for your resume accomplishments. If you think about it, what you and the hiring manager are doing is seeing if there is a good fit for you on the team – one of the only three things every interview question is about. And scale is a big deal in determining your ability […]. Related posts: Your resume writing needs specifics. Interview questions need clarifying. Job Search Resume Tips

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Cube Rules

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of my most consistent resume themes is that your resume must show your accomplishments. Defining an accomplishment is one thing. What happens, though, is once you define an accomplishment, you are […]. 30 Career Management Tips — Document your accomplishments. Logical — but where do you find your achievements to put on your resume? This is a big deal to a lot of people.

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Careers Done Write

JANUARY 20, 2014

He’s an accomplished executive at a pharmaceutical company, leading an international staff and managing products that generate millions of dollars over the product’s lifespan. This is a missed opportunity for Mark to share his top accomplishments. Why are accomplishments so important? Past accomplishments are the best indication of future success. Hiring managers look for past accomplishments to determine if you are a prime candidate.

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Professional Resume Services

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Some accomplishments get left off of resumes because you don’t want to feel like you’re boasting about certain things or functions. Here are some of the most common accomplishments executives don’t include on their resume, but should. As an executive, it’s easy to think only your work accomplishments should be included on your resume. The top rated resume writing services will always ask you what you’ve accomplished outside of your employment.

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Careers Done Write

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

I was wondering if one needs to have a summary section and highlight key accomplishments throughout their résumé in these other industries. Using accomplishments is important throughout the entire document to help keep the reader engaged. Dear Deb, Q. I listened in on the webinar you conducted last week on financial résumé writing, which was quite informative.

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Cube Rules

JANUARY 26, 2017

One of my most consistent resume themes is that your resume must show your accomplishments. Logical — but where do you find your accomplishments to put on your resume? Defining an accomplishment is one thing. What happens, though, is once you define an accomplishment, you are […]. The post How to find business results for your resume accomplishments appeared first on Cube Rules.

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Avid Careerist

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Accomplishments for resumes make most people tear their hair out during job searches. The post 3 Easy Templates for Resume Accomplishment Statements appeared first on AvidCareerist. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Whether you: saved the company, increased sales or beat. Read More. Uncategorized Optimize Your Resume (11 More Posts

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The Job Quest

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The best way to accomplish this task is to structure the details of how you have the qualifications to do the job in an easy-to-read format. How well is your résumé accomplishing its goal? It’s not uncommon for folks who want to partner with me to say something along the lines of, “ I need a better résumé to get a job. ” I then (gently) correct them: Your résumé won’t get you a job. It doesn’t matter if it’s the best résumé in the world.

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Careers Done Write

MARCH 4, 2013

Here are some questions that Gladys can answer to help uncover her unique accomplishments. Are you facing the challenge of uncovering accomplishments? Careers Done Write is a finalist in the prestigious About.com Reader's Choice Awards for "best career blog." Being nominated is a great honor and in the spirit of “reaching for the brass ring", we want to win! ??Please Please click here to vote for us. You can vote once per day February 19th through March 19th.

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Career Realism

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Fresh graduates often struggle with how to quantify their accomplishments. The post How Recent Grads Can Quantify Their Accomplishments appeared first on CAREEREALISM. Job Search Resume accomplishments on resume quantify accomplishments recent grads resume resume tipsQuantifying your achievements on a resume is very important since employers do not make important hiring decisions based on qualifications only. RELATED : Need to write a resume? Watch these tutorials!

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Careers Done Write

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The lack of powerful accomplishment statements is the most common resume shortcoming. If a candidate does not include relevant and compelling accomplishments on his resume, his chances of earning interviews are diminished. The resumes lacking accomplishments will be cast aside. A recruiter told her that she needed to “beef-up” her accomplishments. If you would like a helping hand when crafting your accomplishment statements on your resume, contact me.

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Avid Careerist

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Accomplishments for resumes make most people tear their hair out during job searches. The post 3 Easy Templates for Resume Accomplishment Statements appeared first on AvidCareerist. Getting them right makes writing a resume hard. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Whether. Read More. Uncategorized Optimize Your Resume (11 More Posts

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Career Alley

JUNE 25, 2011

Quantifying what you’ve accomplished helps the hiring manager envision what you can get done at a new company. Look at the Amount of What You’ve Accomplished. A great way to get started in using numbers is looking at amounts associated with what you’ve accomplished. The numbers give perspective to your accomplishments, which is what you need when applying for a job. Note Timeframes for Accomplishing Goals.

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Cube Rules

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Resumes help you get the interview. Not the job. Just the interview. An important thing to get, of course! When a human is looking at your resume to make the decision to interview or not, the key question that needs answering is this: Will this person help the hiring manager reach his or her business […]. Job Search Resume Tips

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Careers Done Write

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He has not provided any examples of accomplishments to demonstrate his qualifications for the position. The best way to demonstrate your value is to share examples of accomplishments. Numbers stand out in a letter and also make the accomplishment more concrete. Gordon was struggling with his cover letter. He did an adequate job of communicating the job to which he was applying as well as listing the type of work he has done. There is room for improvement.

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Careers Done Write

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

If you feel like your résumé does not have the punch you feel it needs, your résumé may be lacking in strong accomplishments. Another hint that your résumé may need a few more accomplishments is if your résumé closely resembles the job description issued by your company’s HR Manager. A good model to follow when inserting accomplishments is the CAR Model (Challenge-Action-Result). Clara’s résumé has great potential.

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Ms. Career Girl

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Keep a list of all of your accomplishments and major contributions to the team, regardless of how minor you think it is. We’re so focused on the task at hand at times that we don’t realize what we’re accomplishing on a larger scale. Not to mention it will be impossible to remember everything when it comes down to listing your accomplishments. What you accomplish in your first year will really set the stage for you.

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Careers Done Write

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Dear Deb: I have some really impressive accomplishments to put on my resume. There is not a single big accomplishment that he does not piggy-back. These are your accomplishments, so you can state them on your resume as yours. However, my boss grabs credit for everything. Every project, he is considered the co-manager - even though he just approves my decisions and I pretty much run it independently. Also, I brought in a new client worth $120K/year for a new project.

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The Job Quest

JANUARY 5, 2012

Now does that mean that you should always be looking for accomplishments that have big numbers attached to them? The accomplishments that best show the value you bring to the table. For example, I included this accomplishment on a client’s résumé: Decreased down time related to program issues from six half-days per year to five minutes every three months. Job Search Resumes Accomplishments Adding Value Small

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Career Realism

JUNE 19, 2014

We have been trained to write about our accomplishment in verbose ways. You could use some of the tools below to create visuals for your accomplishments and then share them with your manager. Here are a few tools for you to use to begin visualizing your accomplishments. If you have an iPad, download Adobe Voice and build a movie of your accomplishments in about an hour. In Haiku Deck you can create image-rich presentations of your accomplishments.

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Career Tips Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Accomplishments and Goals I encourage you to spend more time tracking your accomplishments than your goals. Accomplishments are actions you have already taken. Make it a habit to log your weekly accomplishments and turn them into bullet points for your resume and power stories for reviews, networking, and interviewing. You may also want to add a space on your accomplishment log to mention how you felt while working toward each accomplishment.

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Careers Done Write

JANUARY 14, 2011

Clients who have taken advantage of career coaching and pre-interview preparation, consistently report feeling much more confident when they are asked to discuss their previous accomplishments. Dear Deb, I am a fairly modest person and I was wondering how much information I should give interviewers about my successes when I meet with them.

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Ms. Career Girl

MARCH 20, 2015

The post How Thinking Like a Poker Player Can Help in Accomplishing Your Professional Goals appeared first on Ms. The post How Thinking Like a Poker Player Can Help in Accomplishing Your Professional Goals appeared first on Ms. Career Girl.

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Career Realism

MAY 4, 2015

You’ve followed some good advice you’ve seen on identifying “accomplishments,” not just what tasks you performed or the skills you have. But now come the most important next steps: translating these accomplishments into effective “stories” for both your resume and your interviews. High school or college graduates frequently tell me that they “haven’t accomplished anything yet.” The post How To Tell Accomplishment Stories Effectively appeared first on CAREEREALISM.

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Career Realism

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

So hard, in fact, that we are losing sight of our achievements and accomplishments. All of the work we are doing gives us little time to reflect on what we are accomplishing in our careers. In a world where we are changing jobs every 2-4 years, and where we may have upwards of seven careers in our working lifetime, chronicling your accomplishments should be a more important activity than it currently is. These are tangible accomplishments.

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Career Realism

APRIL 26, 2012

Most people experience a very brief uplifting moment when one their achievements gets mentioned or when they’re complimented for an accomplishment by a friend, work colleague or family member. Try this today: When you hear about a colleague or friend’s achievement, accomplishment or “success,” respond by asking questions to help them “bring the experience back to life.” Help colleague relive accomplishment image from Shutterstock.

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Professional Resume Services

MAY 17, 2011

Focusing on your experience, your background and your accomplishments is what’s known as a functional resume. Chronological resumes list all of your employers in the order of the date that you worked for them, typically with the oldest employer at the bottom of the resume. Functional resumes are great for people who are looking to

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Cube Rules

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

30 Career Management Tips — Document your accomplishments Written by Scot Herrick on September 15, 2007 in job search 4 Comments - Leave a comment! Today’s tip: document your accomplishments. If we all agree that career management is something that needs to be practiced and not just pulled out of our job tool box every other year or so, then it follows that our accomplishments need to be documented. Accomplishments benefit the business.

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Career Realism

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Many of the job hunters I work with tell me their accomplishments aren’t really quantifiable. They just aren’t in jobs where they can say, “Saved the company $4 million a year…” If you have those numbers at your fingertips, by all means use them. If you’re like most of us, you need other ways to. To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com. Resume & Cover Letter advice blog career CAREEREALISM expert resume

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Workology

DECEMBER 2, 2014

However as your teams (and sit down yourself) and recall all the things that you’ve accomplished over the year — EVERYTHING. You’ll likely find that there are so many things that you accomplished that was not on your “things to do” list. Once you have acknowledged all the awesome work that you and your teams have accomplished — you have some great information to use to take into the next year. Do you celebrate end of year accomplishments?

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Career Realism

DECEMBER 20, 2012

This is a great ritual that keeps many of us focused on what we want to accomplish in the coming year. In addition to this, it’s also important to take time to look back at past successes – to celebrate your accomplishments. This month’s development tip: As you set your 2013 goals look back at 2012 and document all you’ve achieved and accomplished this past year. In fact, why not treat yourself to something special to acknowledge your accomplishments?

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Tim's Strategy

AUGUST 2, 2010

Blog Free Downloads Sponsor Resources FAQ [08.02.10] View Comments How To Write A Great Accomplishment Statement If you are regular reader, you may notice that another recent post showed someone similarly posed. Today’s photo shows someone who has just accomplished something great. I used this picture because writing a great accomplishment statement is just the beginning of the conversation about you. Benefit: Accomplishment statements need numbers.

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Career Realism

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Your resume really needs to highlight your accomplishments – it tells the hiring manager here’s what I can do for you and here’s proof that I‘ve done it before – and I’m great at it! Ask yourself some of these questions to help turn duties into accomplishments on the resume. Remember also that success and accomplishments are best demonstrated when performance is measured – whether quantified, qualified, or both. Managers want to hire the best talent.

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Career Realism

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you haven’t heard it before, here it is: Your resume needs to showcase the top accomplishments you’ve achieved on the job. Related: How To Quantify Your Accomplishments On A Resume. So, now that we have that out of the way, the question becomes: “How do I describe that experience and the resulting accomplishments on my resume?”. The language you use to highlight your accomplishments can make a huge difference, consider the following: 1.

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Career Realism

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Which is why responsibilities do not matter; accomplishments matter. Don’t think “responsibilities,” think “accomplishments.”. The SVP of Google’s hiring team, Lazslo Bock, stated that you should frame your accomplishments as “I accomplished (x) as measured by (y) by doing (z),” which is so brilliant in its simplicity, but, the problem so many of us run into is, “Uh, what did I accomplish?”

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Career Realism

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

How To Answer The Interview Question, ‘What Is Your Proudest Accomplishment?’. What is your proudest accomplishment?’ If you are asked to describe your greatest or proudest accomplishment, know that you MUST give a work-related answer. One way to formulate your answer is to make a list of your work accomplishments and choose one that would be impressive and help sell you for this new role. Don’t just say what the accomplishment was and leave it at that.

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Career Rocketeer

APRIL 27, 2012

The most problematic part of a resume for people seems to be crafting their accomplishments. The confusion between an accomplishment and a responsibility is the difference between generating excitement by selling what you can do, and making a bland statement that elicits the question “So what?” It’s the difference between being invited in for an [.].

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Career Realism

MAY 14, 2013

During your job search , it’s vital to be confident in your abilities and accomplishments from your past experience. Do you know how to convey your accomplishments through telling compelling stories on your resume, cover letter, and networking opportunities ? The key to creating a good accomplishment story is to focus on: Problem – What problem or challenge were you faced with? Now, turn this into an accomplishment story to use on your resume or cover letter.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 24, 2015

This live, online course runs Sept. 28 – Oct. 1 at 8pm Eastern. The cost is $195 but if you sign up in the next three days the price is $145. Sign up now! I remember the shock of finding out I was an ENTJ. It’s so embarrassing to find out that all you care about is power. Well, power and money, because money is the measure of power. Well, and also with control, the more control I have over things I can build my power base with, and keep the money flowing. So that’s me.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 26, 2018

People don’t want to accomplish the goals they set and don’t meet. I want to accomplish something. To figure out whether or not you really want to meet a goal you’re not meeting, clear fifteen minutes a day in your calendar. Tell yourself one very small thing you can do in that fifteen minutes to move toward meeting that goal. And see if you do it. Why this tactics works: 1. You can’t meet big goals without breaking them down.

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Career Realism

JUNE 1, 2013

Most people experience a very brief uplifting moment when one their achievements gets mentioned or when they’re complimented for an accomplishment by a friend, work colleague, or family member. Try this today: When you hear about a colleague or friend’s achievement, accomplishment or “ success ,” respond by asking questions to help them “bring the experience back to life.”

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