3 STEPS ON HOW TO FIND ACCOMPLISHMENT STORIES FOR YOUR RESUME

The biggest mistake you can make on your resume is only listing your job duties. If you've been trying to get a job and haven’t received a quality response about your resume, perhaps it’s because your resume is missing success stories. 

Here are a few activities to help you with identifying your accomplishment stories and ultimately land a job interview.

1. Conduct a Job Audit
Review each position listed on your resume. If you are not listing the problem that you solved, you are lacking details. To help with this,
think about the environment, the action you took, and the result of your action. Also remember to quantify as much as possible.

2. Pull out old evaluations, awards, appraisals, and written recommendations:
This will help you to remember exactly what you did and when you did it. After all, it must be important information if a supervisor wrote about it and added it to your employment record.

3. Identify your SME factor: 
What do your colleagues come to you for? What can your boss count on you to do? This is your “Subject Matter Expert (SME) factor”. Think about what you contributed while doing your best work. Write about it.

Your accomplishment stories should be no more than 2 sentences within your resume. They should also be clear and succinct. Once you’ve added a few accomplishment stories to your resume, don’t forget that they can be expounded on in an interview. Don’t waste a potential employer’s time by only listing your job duties on a resume. Adding your achievements will show them what you've accomplished!