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Acknowledgments: Feld Career Center Rockwell Career Center, Bauer Business College

The document provides guidance on writing a resume in 3 steps: 1. Perform a self-assessment to identify skills, interests, values, and ideal job preferences. 2. Develop accomplishments using a P-A-R (Problem-Action-Result) formula to describe problems solved, actions taken, and outcomes achieved. 3. Develop a skills database including formal, transferable, managerial skills and knowledge areas to highlight qualifications.

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Acknowledgments: Feld Career Center Rockwell Career Center, Bauer Business College

The document provides guidance on writing a resume in 3 steps: 1. Perform a self-assessment to identify skills, interests, values, and ideal job preferences. 2. Develop accomplishments using a P-A-R (Problem-Action-Result) formula to describe problems solved, actions taken, and outcomes achieved. 3. Develop a skills database including formal, transferable, managerial skills and knowledge areas to highlight qualifications.

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Writing your resumes

 Acknowledgments: Feld Career Center


 Rockwell Career Center, Bauer Business College

STEP 1: Perform a comprehensive self-assessment

– Identify your skills and competencies: What you do well?

– Identify your interests: What you like to do?

– What types of work or volunteer experiences do you get excited about?

– What types of books and/or magazines do you like to read?

– If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? Why?

– If you have a free day, how would you spend your time?

– Identify your values: What motivates you?

– Status

– Money

– Service to society

– Creative expression

– Security

– Personal growth

– Helping others

– Identify your ideal job preferences

– What is the ideal environment for your next job?

– Consider tangibles such as salary, bonus, and benefits.

– Consider intangibles such as culture, freedom, and autonomy.

– What are the five essential elements that you must have in your next job?

– What are the five elements you do NOT want in your next job?

STEP 2: Develop your Accomplishments


Two steps for accomplishments

Step 1: Ask yourself “When have I….?”

– Invented or improved something?

– Achieved more with fewer resources?

– Generated revenue?

– Reduced costs?

– Improved productivity or operations?

– Saved time?

– Increased sales?

– Taken initiative and solved a problem?

– Done something newsworthy or noteworthy?

– Authored an original report, paper or document?

– Designed a new department, process, program, procedure or product?

– Created and implemented a new procedure?

– Developed and maintained strong customer relationships? Or Internal relationships?

Step 2: Use P-A-R Formula

P = Problem, Challenge, Opportunity or Subject of your work

A = Action taken: What you did to solve the problem?

R = Results: What was the outcome or impact of your efforts?


Examples of Accomplishments

STEP 3: Develop your skills database

• Formal skills – specific to a particular discipline

– Policy development, employee relations, expense control, risk management

• Transferable skills – can be used by any company in any industry


– Analyze, execute, schedule, administer, coach, negotiate, monitor

• Managerial skills – adaptability, delegation, integrity, interpersonal skills

• Knowledge – functional, industry or business expertise you have developed such as “management
training techniques” or “paper product market”

• Traits – ask friends and co-workers – resourceful, confident, energetic, versatile, inventive

Example for Accomplishments

Example for Powerful Verbs


Examples for Summary Statements

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