TIPS FOR COMPLETING THE EXPERIENCE SECTION
During your scheduled appointment, we will discuss your career, accomplishments, and goals further, but this worksheet will help guide you on the process. Please take the time to fill it out so the information will help with your new resume.
To BEST capture the reader's attention to your resume, we want to add your accomplishments and how you impacted or made a difference. The best way to explain them is to use the CAR Story Technique.
Think of CAR stories.
Challenges - you faced in your position.
Actions - you took to combat the challenges.
Results - from your actions.
If possible, give quantifiable result information. Your quantifiable information should be genuine and as close to accurate as possible. However, you can also make your quantifiable information reflect savings/sales/growth per year, quarter, or within the tenure of your career. You can also use percentages, like "Implemented marketing plan that increased sales by 12%."
It's OK if you don't have quantifiable results, then speak about your actions' impact or contribution and who did it helped/support.
▶ Try to think of 4-6 accomplishments per position, if possible; if you have more, please add them too!
10 REASONS EMPLOYERS HIRE
- Make Money
- Save Money
- Save Time
- Make work easier - Improve processes and systems
- Solve a specific problem(s)
- Make the company more competitive
- Build relationships: Internal/External/Vendors/Public
- Expand business
- Attract new customers
- Retain existing clients
Or think in terms:
- What are you most proud of in each position?
- What was your superpower in each class? What did you do better than most people?
- Did you design or Institute any new systems, processes, or products?
- How did your leadership impact the company?
- Meet impossible deadlines through extra effort?
- What difference did you make in your position?
- Did you bring a significant project under budget, under deadline? How and how much was saved?
- Did you suggest, create, or launch a new program or product? Did you lead it or support it?
- Assume any new responsibilities, above and beyond? Have you asked for new projects?
- Did you introduce new or more effective techniques for increasing productivity?
- Did you improve communications? What was the outcome?
- Did you accomplish or improve anything not suggested in this list?