Sweet Job Tips: Resume Accomplishments

For this week's Job Search Tips I would like to discuss your resume and the art of  "accomplishments".

I’d like to share with you some additional guidelines to keep in mind when playing up your accomplishments:

1. If possible, use present/active tense, not passive tense. The result will be that you accomplishments sound stronger.
2. Use adjectives and adverbs as little as possible.
3. When using nouns, make sure they are as specific and descriptive as possible.
4. Always pick the larger but still believable number. For example, if you have a choice between $5,000 and 25%, use 25%.
5. This is so important that it bears emphasis: USE NUMBERS, actual numbers, $ signs, and % signs. The human eye is visually drawn, by instinct, into that area of the paper. Quantify your accomplishments whenever possible.
6. Proofread all your verbs and nouns for agreement, tense, and correct usage.

More people land jobs between November - April every year. Keep working at it.

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Take care,

Eleanor

Executive Job Search Recruiter and Expert.  tm

PS

I lost my internet connection for 36 hours, think of how you can keep moving your job search forward without power or internet. Time to get back to some of the old fashion techniques.