๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ต๐ผ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ.
Your resume must tell your personal story. Your message must be succinct. Your personal brand is on the line. Your career snapshot is necessary.
โ๏ธEmployers love knowing who you are (your brand).
โ๏ธEmployers love knowing what value you offer (your message).
โ๏ธEmployers love knowing how you can make their lives easier if they hired you while resolving their pain points because of the open position (your story).
โ๏ธEmployers love a resume summarizing you. (your snapshot).
The easiest way to help build your personal story?
๐ Start collecting your narratives, wins, achievements, whatever you want to call them, on day 1. What you collect them in is called a brag book ๐.
๐ Donโt wait until year 3, because then youโre relying on the old think tank, and who knows how your memory will work.
๐ Donโt rely on that steel trap.
๐ Rely on the trusty old brag book.
From the ever so insightful, Katharine Hansen, who says in her Tell Me About Yourself book:
“๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐น ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ’๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ. ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ-๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.”
My approach when writing these accomplishments are as follows: *Make sure each line under your experience section is either:
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Metrics-based with quantifiable or operational language showing your impact on the bottom-line
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Relatable and resonates with the hiring team in respect to the opening, meaning reverse-engineer from the job description and put those tasks into your resume, but in story form and how you personally accomplished something relating to that task
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Overall really cool or unique items that show you are a well-rounded candidate, such as high-profile clients, being featured in the media or company newsletter, winning an award, or giving a speech at an association event
*if the line doesn’t fall under these categories, drop it!
๐คAre you having trouble communicating your stories and message on your resume? Reach out, be glad to help. My specialty is taking a paragraph of a nice win and converting it into a resume-esque sentence with as few letters as possible so you can streamline the reading while keeping the readers interested, full of clarity, and engaged.
๐ฅInterview time, baby!
๐ฃ๏ธThen, use that resume as a crutch during the interview…use it to identify which narrative will work best against the question posed, and expand further about each of these neat accomplishments you’ve completed and skills you’re acquired over time!
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