Are you the one who can save money for the organization? Someone who is good in driving improvement plans? A person who can deal with customers or subordinates effectively? If so, sell these abilities and skills. Make a resume that reflects all that you do well and link them to the organization’s bottom line results.
For instant, you have improved the filing system for documents, but it doesn’t indicate how the improvement impacts the organization’s bottom line. Would you exclude this ability in your resume? Certainly not! Instead, you can rephrase your statement so it sells your achievement.
Given below are some examples to show you how to make a resume that links to the organization’s bottom line.
QA Manager
Improved filing system for drawings. Results: Fast retrieval of documents. Company benefit: Less one headcount to manage document control office.
Marketing Manager
Expanded customer base in North-West region. Result: Introduced 16 new clients in two years. Company benefit: Additional sales revenue of $680,000.
HR Manager
Fostered better working relationship among employees through team building activities. Results: Less attrition rate. Company benefit: Saved on recruitment and training costs for new staffs.
Give serious thoughts as to how you can help the company to save and / or make money, and then make a resume that links your abilities to the bottom line results. This is the time to sell yourself and toot your horn if you want to get hot job interviews.