THINK CREATIVELY. CONSIDER THESE EXAMPLES OF STRONG ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS: BEFORE AFTER Use bullet points and make your sentences one or two lines. Sentence fragments like “specialized in training employees to use proprietary software that resulted in a 15 percent reduction in data entry errors” work fine. List three to five bullet points, describing each job. When multiple jobs had the same duties, put the most relevant accomplishments under the most recent position and avoid repeating the same examples under multiple employers. Make your employment history sound more impactful by using action verbs such as maintained, led, completed, performed, developed, directed, established, functioned, monitored and trained. Avoid passive statements that begin with responsible for or tasked with. Explain what you actually accomplished as opposed to what you were assigned to do.
Answered an average of 200 service inquiry phone calls per day in a helpful and professional manner.
ANSWERED PHONES
Waited on an average of six tables during a busy lunch-time shift, while maintaining a clean and safe working environment.
WAITED TABLES
Ensured safe and efficient delivery of perishable goods to 15 restaurants on a daily route.
DELIVERED GOODS
Job seekers with established job search goals often seek out a volunteer opportunity that is a close match to the paid job that they want, if they don’t have recent similar employment history. When listing volunteer work within Employment History (not under a separate heading) you can list “volunteer position” after the job title.
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