Professional achievements: examples in a resume

Resume writers can be roughly divided into two categories: those who lie and don't blush, and those who don't lie and blush.

If you rely on statistics, then only 38 percent of applicants attribute non-existent merits to themselves. The remaining 62 percent either present their successes beautifully or are afraid to once again indicate professional achievements, examples of which we will consider today, so that you do not have a feeling of embarrassment or excitement.

Let's first look at what a resume is.

Summary

This document is intended to assist in the search for vacancies and employment. It indicates briefly biographical data, education and describes labor activity.

A resume is a true advertisement of oneself, it is read in 1-2 minutes. Since there may be more candidates for one vacancy than for a state-funded place at the institute, the HR specialist has to look through tons of similar information. In this case, the human factor is triggered, and bright information will catch the eye of even an experienced recruiter.

The main points of the summary

Last name, first name and patronymic, date of birth, address, marital status, phone number and e-mail are required.

The next step is a list of all educational institutions in which you had to study, special attention is paid to higher educational institutions.

You can supplement the previous paragraph with completed courses, trainings or webinars. You need to indicate those that directly relate to the future position.

Experience. If you started working at the age of 11, selling apricots in the market, this is commendable, but you should not enter such a fact on your resume. The most important are your last three jobs.

In additional information, you can tell about your useful skills: knowledge of computer programs, knowledge of foreign languages, etc.

In "personal qualities" applicants often write: sociability, purposefulness. That's great, but these qualities are so common on resumes that employers simply miss them and consider them a lack of creativity. Ability to learn quickly, prioritize work, introduce rationalization proposals. Such an employee is the dream of any leader.

Examples of professional achievements in a resume include job responsibilities that have been completed, brought to the end and provoked a positive shift in the organization or benefit someone. For example, your responsibilities include finding new candidates and conducting interviews, then indicate that over the past year the staff was replenished with 50 employees, 100 interviews were conducted.

What is considered a professional achievement?

The question is not easy, and the answer to it will be different for everyone. After all, one type of activity is given to someone with difficulty, and the second is easy. It is important not to confuse professional achievements with personal ones.

If you worked in a social service and you managed to save many families from such an unpleasant procedure as deprivation of parental rights, this will be a professional achievement. It might not have been difficult for you, because you are an altruist by nature, but mastering the Excel computer program was a real test, but you did it. Feel the difference?

The second point has become your personal pride, but the employer will appreciate the first one.

Do not destroy, do not let go down and prevent - sometimes a greater achievement than to advance, increase and achieve.

What is not considered an achievement?

The following may sound very stupid phrases, but this also happens:

• "managed to achieve personal success in professional activities";
• "during my tenure as a secretary, the flow of clients has increased dramatically";
• "it was possible not to reduce the turnover of the company";
• "achieved communication skills in the course of work", etc.

First phrase. What is personal success? This is the result of personal growth. A very commendable phenomenon, but no one will take your word for it. In this case, it equates to saying "I've gotten a lot better."

The second sentence is similar. It is unlikely that the flow of clients will depend on the secretary, unless of course you are Aphrodite. This phrase can be reformulated: "I am very beautiful and charming." This is great, but you need to shine with professional skills. But if you supplement it with the following words: "... the number of customers has doubled in a year," then it will have the right to life.

The third phrase can be an example of the main professional achievement in life if you are a crisis manager. If a person managed to turn a successful developing company into just a stable one, you should not talk about it.

The fourth case is your personal achievements. It is likely that this girl had communication problems. She managed to work on herself and achieve success, this is not worth shouting about. The employer may regard this achievement as closeness.

Why list your accomplishments?

• Any company is interested in employees who will lead it to prosperity, and not just perform their duties at an average level, so your success in previous jobs will demonstrate your promise.
• It is better not to indicate a couple of personal qualities in the resume, but to confirm them with facts in "professional achievements". Purposefulness must be demonstrated in practice.
• The soldier who does not dream of becoming a general is bad. "Bad soldiers" are unlikely to be of interest to a successful promising company.
• You can not indicate your successes in the resume, only then do not be surprised if you are not even called for an interview.
• You must describe yourself as the ideal "victim" of a headhunter, then a good company with a high motivation system will "bite" on you.

Examples of professional achievements of an accountant

• Reducing the staff of economists by half as a result of the introduction of automation of calculations.
• 10 successfully passed tax audits.
• Enterprise software update.
• Successfully passed 5 checks on insurance contributions to the Pension Fund.
• Possession of a vocational training diploma.
• 12 audits passed for compliance with labor legislation.
• Three articles were published in the newspaper "All about accounting".
• 9 successful external audits.
• I have a certificate of a professional accountant, certified by the qualification "Chief Accountant".
• She was the mentor of five student interns.

Professional achievements of the teacher

• Honorary Diploma of the Department of Education for conscientious pedagogical work.
• Gratitude of the Administration of the Ivanovsky district for the quality training of the winners and prize-winners of the regional conference of scientific research.
• A letter of thanks from the Administration of the Petrovsky Municipal Formation for the preparation of the winner of the regional local history conference "My land is beautiful."
• 15 open lessons were held.
• Participation in 5 regional and 7 regional conferences.
• Organization of the circle "Skillful musician".
• Organized 8 seminars for city teachers.
• 5 webinars were held as an exchange of experience for geography teachers.

Doctor's professional achievements

. There were 250 successful operations.

It was possible to achieve the acquisition of new medical equipment: 3 fetal monitors and a doppler.

I have a certificate of training course in the program "Medical massage".

Successfully passed 10 inventories of medical property.

I completed a 6-hour first aid training course, I have a certificate.

Took part in the international scientific-practical conference.

I have a certificate of honor from the mayor of the city for organizing and providing highly qualified medical care to the population during the epidemic.

Professional achievements of the programmer

It was possible to save 20% of funds for the purchase of new equipment due to software optimization.

Developed the organization's website.

Developed a program that facilitated the process of converting archival documents into digital format and saved 10% of the funds.

Reduced the number of crashes by 4 times by improving the functioning of the server.

Examples of other professional achievements

Prepared the necessary documentation for participation in the tender, which was won by our organization.

Conducted negotiations, as a result of which the number of new customers increased by 120%.

In 2014, according to a social survey, she was among the top ten bank tellers.

Awarded with an honorary diploma "The best seller of a chain of stores" in 2015.

Entered the top three according to the results of the International Hairdressing Competition.

What wording will not attract a recruiter?

We looked at examples of achievements in professional activities that can be indicated in a resume. Below are phrases that should not be written.

• Improved the efficiency of the department.
• At previous places of work, he performed his work qualitatively and on time.
• After a year of work, he was one of the contenders for the position of head of the department.
• For 3 years of service, I did not receive a single comment.
• Managed personal conflicts with the boss.

Let's recap!

1. It is better not to indicate the fulfillment of one's direct duties in professional achievements.

2. Any positive indicators are better calculated. Achievements must be backed by numbers.

3. Do not list achievements that are in no way related to the duties of the desired position.

4. If your profession does not involve achievements that can be counted, keep silent about them. If you know how to express your thoughts beautifully, then go from the opposite: "During the work there were no emergency situations."

5. Do not confuse personal achievements with professional ones. If necessary, list them separately.

6. Avoid humor, sarcasm or irony. "I'm so cool" is not allowed in an official document.

7. Do not reveal the essence of your professional achievements against the backdrop of failures and failures of other employees. Don't compare yourself to your former colleagues.