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3.10 CREATE AN EFFECTIVE RESUME

Resume Worksheet

Quantify Your Experience, Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

The next step is the basics of every resume. List all results/achievements you have produced that relate to the position desired. Results sell, job descriptions don’t! Refer back to the skills section and expand on these to use when writing your resume. Employers need to see accomplishments they can relate to with regard to the open position. The question that must be answered is, “What is this individual going to do for me?” Achievements that relate to the specific position will answer that question.

Describe what you accomplished with numbers, percentages, etc. Explain how many times annually, what percentage of increase or decrease you produced, how large a group you supervised or trained, etc.:

Supervised 14 member staff to complete $5.4 million project three months ahead of estimated date.

Produced 150 percent of quota for eight consecutive months resulting in $400,000 additional savings for the department.

Administered travel budget of $15 million dollars.

Reduced inventory loss by 20 percent over six month time period resulting in first ever decrease in inventory loss.

Developed training program for a 600 person organization.