Deliverable Accomplishment-Oriented Resumes
We believe strongly in a very specific resume format focused on a strong positioning statement, differentiated skills, and quantified metrics for each job or project in a client's work history. Our first step with each new client we assist is to go through their existing resume and career goals to position them in the following manner:
INTRO PARAGRAPH
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Sentence 1: I am an X professional with Y years of experience.
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X options:
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Business
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Marketing
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Accounting
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Finance
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Operations
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HR
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Innovation
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Entrepreneurship
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Government
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Education
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Aerospace
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Energy
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Agriculture
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Engineering
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Health Care
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Banking
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Etc.
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Y options:
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If you have no significant professional experience, count college and volunteer/hobby experience and use the phrase “project-based experience.”
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If you have less than 10 years of experience, state your overall number of years’ experience.
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If you have over 10 years of experience, state both your number of years’ experience in the profession stated for X and your overall number of years’ experience.
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Sentence 2: I am particularly skilled at [insert 3-5 skills from the skills options below].
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Sentence 3: Over the course of my career, I have [insert 1 major accomplishment from the deliverable accomplishments options below].
SKILLS
DELIVERABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS