Accomplishments

Accomplishments are more effective in helping to increase your marketability than any other section appearing in your resume.  The message you want to convey to potential employers is this:  "I was able to successfully direct the efforts of others to achieve a variety goals of the organization.  Look at all the things I have accomplished, there is no reason to believe that I could not do the same for your organization."

When putting together a list of accomplishments, you want to first create a large, comprehensive list.  From there you should reevaluate and look closely at the achievements that had the largest impact on your organization.

When writing up your accomplishments try to include as quantify the impact as much as possible.  Recruiters and potential employers give more weight to listings that give the reader more factual information.

For example, an accomplishment statement might say something like:

Managed a team of eight associates that was successful in launching five Six Sigma process improvement initiatives aimed at the area of operational efficiency.  Bottom line benefit to the company exceeded $5 million.

Remember to that your resume is no place to remain modest.  You need to let your ego take control here and give yourself ample credit. Understating your accomplishments is just as bad as overstating them.

Accomplishments will appear as a section in chronological resumes, functional resumes and combination resume formats.

Other forms of this term include - accomplishment