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ACHIEVEMENT STATEMENTS
Interviewers are not interested in your job description; they are interested in what you accomplished. Think
like an employer: start each achievement statement with a verb in past tense, and follow with a beneficial
result or outcome.
For every line you write, ask yourself:
Why is this important?
What were the results?
How did it affect the office, the bottom-line, the customer, etc.?
So what?
How many? How much? How often?
Did it save time? Money? Customers?
Can I quantify this item?
Have I provided specifics?
Each achievement statement will begin with a verb in past tense (the action you took), followed by some
statement of effect (the result of that action).
When using data,
When interacting with
When dealing with
I have:
people, I have:
things, I have:
Administered
Advised
Adjusted
Analyzed
Assessed
Altered
Calculated
Coordinated
Assembled
Compared
Corresponded
Balanced
Composed
Consulted
Built
Computed
Counseled
Constructed
Complied
Created
Created
Conducted
Diagnosed
Delivered
Consolidated
Directed
Designed
Controlled
Entertained
Distributed
Coordinated
Evaluated
Driven
Determined
Initiated
Fabricated
Developed
Instructed
Guided
Devised
Interviewed
Inspected
Directed
Led
Lifted
Figured
Managed
Mixed
Implemented
Motivated
Moved
Innovated
Negotiated
Operated
Logged
Organized
Ordered
Operated
Persuaded
Performed
Organized
Planned
Protected
Planned
Processed
Repaired
Recorded
Promoted
Restored
Reported
Referred
Set up
Researched
Shared
Shaped
Synthesized
Supervised
Tended
Theorized
Taught
Tested
Written
Trained
Translated
Avoid weak verbs such as: assisted, aided, helped, handled, participated in, responsible for, used, worked
with, oversaw, etc. Instead, select verbs that create a ―picture‖ of you in action by asking yourself “What did
I actually do to assist, or help?‖ Follow the verb with the success or result of that action.
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