My Achievement Statements
This form is designed to help you articulate and craft your achievements
using the PAR formula.
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Action Verbs
Work through this list of action verbs and check which ones apply to you and your work experience.
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Sample Resumes
Would you like to see an example of what a good resume looks like? Here are some examples for Accounts/Finance, Administration and Sales/Marketing.
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Achievement Statements
by Catherine Twiss
Achievements form a key part of your career management activities and help to distinguish you from the competition.
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Lowdown on Cover Letters
by Catherine Twiss
Cover letters are always necessary. Whether you're sending a resume by mail, email, via a friend, or in person you must have a cover letter attached. A resume without a covering letter won't tell prospective employers which position you're applying for, and if there's more than one position advertised who's to know which one you're applying for?
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Reasons For Leaving
By Catherine Twiss
Is there ever a good time to put reasons for leaving a job in your resume? You may have been headhunted to a more senior role and want to put this into your resume, but what about the time you left your job because of the personality clash with your boss? Or the job you left (or had to leave) because the company closed - not your fault you say, but this is the third time has happened to you in your career and its beginning to look like a bit of a trend in your employment history!
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Career Summaries - Explained
By Catherine Twiss
What does your career summary say about you? Is it boring or does it really grab the reader's attention and make them want to read on? Or did you decide you couldn't be bothered including one and you just cut to the chase and went straight into your work experience? If so then you may well be missing out on your next great job.
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Listing Achievements
By Bill Lawford
Imagine reading a book by someone who had climbed
Mount Everest, then getting to the end of the book and realising there was nothing in it about the actual climb up Everest. Instead, the book turned out to be lists of the explorer's key strengths, places they'd been in the past, their education history and their contact details. Disappointing read? Now you know how employers feel when they receive a resume without achievements listed.
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Producing 'The perfect resume'
by Bill Lawford
There is no perfect resume - only the perfect resume for you to get that job. Your resume is an advertisement. It's a full-page (double-page?) magazine spread, and the product is you.
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