When creating your resume, remember this is a document to market your experience and skills and showcase what you have to offer. Your resume is much more effective and attractive to employers when it demonstrates what you have achieved with your previous experiences and what you can potentially achieve for the new employer.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, most of the resumes employers receive today still read like a laundry list of duties. Avoid this common mistake with the tips below to create a resume with impact.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re simply describing your job duties on your resume\u2014a generic job description\u2014there\u2019s probably going to be little interest from employers. Although today\u2019s applicant tracking systems (the software that reads and ranks resumes) will need this information, employers really need to know <\/strong>how you performed<\/strong><\/a> against goals or your peers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your accomplishments on the job are what will differentiate you from the next candidate. They’re also what will help demonstrate why you are the best candidate<\/a> for the job.<\/p>\n For instance, if you have a career in sales, rather than state the obvious (\u201cContact prospective customers to introduce new product releases”) tie in the results you\u2019ve achieved. A more effective statement would read: \u201cInitiated contact with 20+ prospective customers on new product releases and secured 15 sales contracts, ranking as the top salesperson of the year.\u201d This latter statement, which includes numbers that quantify your work experience<\/a>, provides insight into why you’re a great candidate for a job in sales. <\/p>\n If you are in a position where it’s not easy to quantify accomplishments, then consider these questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Are you the only person doing this job?If not, how many peers do you have, and how does your performance compare?Are you the go-to person for anything in particular?What are some of the things that your managers have put in your performance evaluations?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Job postings will include details of responsibilities, but sometimes they may also hint at situations where they seek candidates with particular experience in the area. Be the problem solver by demonstrating on your resume a similar situation that you took action on and resolved. Whether it was to help streamline order processing or enter a new international market, bullet points<\/a> to convey experience and results achieved offer greater impact<\/strong> than detailing your general duties on the job.<\/p>\n Employers simply want to hire the best talent so show them what you can accomplish for them, not the general job duties of a position. Keep that in mind and you\u2019ll create a resume with impact!<\/p>\n Need more help with your job search?<\/strong><\/p>\n Become a member<\/a> to learn how to land a job and UNLEASH your true potential to get what you want from work!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When creating your resume, remember this is a document to market your experience and skills and showcase what you have to offer. Your resume is much more effective and attractive to employers when it demonstrates what you have achieved with your previous experiences and what you can potentially achieve for the new employer. Unfortunately, most… Read More »How To Create A Resume With Impact: Duties vs. Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.alvintech.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Quantify And Qualify Accomplishments<\/h3>\n
Be The Problem Solver<\/h3>\n