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Remember, when talking with potential As you learn more about your target industry
employers, who you are is almost entirely and function, you may want to revise these
determined by what you’ve done. To present statements to make them more relevant.
yourself credibly, you need to substantiate
every assertion you make about yourself in a
situational example. It isn’t enough to say you
are a leader, an effective communicator, a team-
player and so on; you need to show it. Nothing
you say will have more potential impact than
when you describe a time when you proved
that you are x or have skill y.
Drafting Accomplishment Bullet Points A Living Document
For each of your last three or four jobs, refer No matter how many times you revise or rework
back to your STAR statements to highlight your your resume, it will never be “finished.” Not
most significant achievements, particularly only will you want to keep your resume updated
those that you enjoyed and that would be with your latest accomplishments, but you also
relevant to the next stage of your career. need to revise your resume for each application
Quantify these achievements wherever possible, you submit. This will allow you to highlight
but don’t hesitate to include other types of those aspects of your experience that are most
accomplishments: learning accomplishments, relevant to each specific job opportunity. (See
management accomplishments, process the Applications section for more details.)
improvements, etc.
Before Fall Quarter starts, you should prepare a
Depending on the significance and relevance of working, first version of your resume. Because
the experience, find three to five accomplishments you will submit this resume to the MBAFocus
for each job and draft them into bullet points. resume book [see sidebar], it should be a
Bullet points typically follow this structure: polished representation of your career to date.
However, consider this version of your resume
Verbs that describe your role in this as a starting point, one that only shows where
accomplishment. What you did. What was you’ve been.
the result? Why—in business terms—was this
important to your organization? As you learn more about where you’d like to
take your career, you’ll revise your resume to
Example #1: reflect where you want to go. This will involve
Led a team from Customer Services, CRM, “translating” your experience into the language
National Marketing, IT, Legal and Finance of the target industry and company.
through the planning and development of a
$38M national customer services cost savings
Resume Books
initiative.
Rather than just accept applications,
Example #2: some employers actively pursue students
Teamed with Samsung global ERP division to they think might be a good fit for their
develop a new sales logistic model, streamlined organization. Typically they will identify
order fulfillment processes and implemented candidates by searching various resume
SAP ERP and i2 supply chain management books.
system for the visual display product division.
You can add your resume to the resume
Effort led to 10 % increase in order fulfillment
books in Foster MBA Jobs. These books
rate, 30% reduction in account closing time, are generally used by employers who have
and 30% increase in inventory turnover rate. a working relationship with the Foster
MBA Program.
Resume Template
We ask that all Foster MBA students use To reach a wider pool of employers,
including many large, national employers,
the Foster MBA resume template for their
we also give you the option to include
resumes. You may download a soft copy of
your resume in the resume books compiled
this template from the “Sample Documents” by MBAFocus.
section of your Foster MBA Jobs account or
from our website: foster.washington.edu/ The MBAFocus deadline is September 18,
foster.washington.edu/mbacareers/Pages/
corporations/mba_careerservices/Pages/ 2009.
CareerDevelopmentToolbox.aspx in the
CareerDevelopmentToolbox.aspx the “Put it
"Put
in it in Writing"
Writing” section.
section.