Want to capture the attention of the hiring manager? You need quantifiable and high impact statements. So, what are quantifiable achievements/accomplishments? This means being able to apply numbers to what you actually do for your place of employment. Quantifiable example included and some very helpful links.

1. How to Quantify Your Resume Accomplishments
Do you want to stand out among your peers, get noticed, and land the interview?
Contributed by: Tracy L. Lube

2. 1. Introduction
2. Identifying Your Accomplishments
3. Example Identification
4. High Impact Statement
5. Qualitative Accomplishments
6. Wrap Up
7. Summary
8. Additional Helpful Links
9. Hire Our Heroes
10. Make A Difference

3. A resume should not list your daily
responsibilities for each career you held,
rather your quantifiable achievements. So,
what are quantifiable
achievements/accomplishments? This
means being able to apply numbers to
what you actually do for your place of
employment.
Quantifiable Examples
• Percentage
• Revenue/savings
• Time
• Number of sales, customers, projects,
products, incoming calls handled, etc.
• Performance driven and measurable

4. Set aside ample time to sit down, brainstorm,
and write out your accomplishments, crafting
the all encompassing resume is work and
takes commitment.
An easy way to do that is to make a list of the
job requirements on the left side of the page.
Then make a list of your qualifications on the
right side of the page. Match your
qualifications to the requirements and
include the most relevant to the particular
job posting you want to apply to.
IMPORTANT: You must tailor your
accomplishments to the position being
applied for. This means showing how your
achievements match directly to the
requirements and job description of the job
you're seeking. Companies today are looking
for the “perfect fit”.

5. The example is one of my accomplishments from when I was an educator. Start by thinking about what your
job title means and what it is you go to work to achieve everyday. “What is it all about”? As a teacher I
thought about developing student excellence by innovative means to capture their attention and have
students learn not memorize, additionally making a positive difference in their lives.
Next step is to list the areas within your job, that accomplishments can be achieved. These can be developed
from the “job responsibilities” list you created. My areas of focus would include; curriculum and instruction
program development, web-based programs and teaching tools, committee boards, student activities, annual
classroom budget and resources, training and development of other staff, client relationships, career
development, and measurement of student performance. There are many more that can be evaluated as a
teacher, but this gives you the point.
I then wrote down accomplishments from these focus areas and what I was involved in through out my
teaching career. Think about situations and projects that gave your career meaning. Ask questions like the
following:
• How did you efficiently manage others?
• In what decision making or planning did you participate?
• What problems did you identify and solve?
• What new program, product or system did you introduce?
• How did you save the company money or time? How much?
Once you have completed this list then identify what you think are your top 5 accomplishments and do some
brainstorming about them. Follow up with developing high impact statements.

6. “High Impact statements identify specific skills,
traits, or values that strengthen your resume and
begin with a powerful verb specifically related to the
result.”
Brainstorming Accomplishment
My Situation: I was being deployed overseas for several months
and my class was going to be closed because of the short notice
and inability to find a licensed teacher for my class in order for the
students to achieve the 18 credits for the year. I could not let my
students lose credit for an entire year, this would hold them back a
year from graduating.
My Action: Here was a great opportunity to be innovative, provide a first ever for high school students at this
time, and build a web-based program. I used moodle open source software and built a full course curriculum
online in 2 weeks to be approved by the Board of Education and would utilize Skype once a week to check in
live with each class.
My Results: All students earned credit, the online course worked without technical issues, and while
deployed because I was teaching and achieving my military objectives that resulted in successful missions, I
was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal.

7. High-Impact Resume Accomplishment Statement
“Spearheaded, designed, and launched a successful
online teaching module for the graphics curriculum,
engaging students and enhancing learning while
deployed to a remote location on active duty.”
Quantify the High-Impact Accomplishment Statement
“Spearheaded, designed, and launched a successful online teaching
module for the 9-12 grade graphics curriculum course, engaging 62
students and enhancing learning by 30%, while deployed four months
on active duty.”
The end result is a high impact, quantified accomplishment that demonstrates what you
did, how you did it, and what the results were.
At the end of this article I have included some helpful links, one with a worksheet to help
in identifying quantifying accomplishments.

8. Don’t forget the qualitative
accomplishments either.
Qualitative situations may
include:
• Intense competition,
• Working under pressures,
• Difficult work conditions,
• Taking on additional responsibilities,
• Initiative-based,
• Action-backed,
• Goal-oriented, etc.,
Demonstrate how you were
successful in these situations.
Asking some questions will help
you uncover those
accomplishments. Example
questions may be; what made
you great at your job? What did
you accomplish in this job that
someone else might not have?
Did you make any
improvements?
How Do You
Stack Up
Against The
Competition

9. Competing in today’s job market is challenging and demands you to
stand out from the rest. Demonstrating why and how you are the stand
out will land you an interview. Start by quantifying your
accomplishments to show, rather than tell!
If you find yourself having a hard time quantifying an accomplishment,
just remember to ask How Many, How Much, How Often, and How.
Once you have quantified your top accomplishments, review your
statements and make sure they show how you achieved them.
For example: “Analyzed and improved an automated Aircraft Tracking
Program through identifying process fault trends within one week’s
time, increasing mission success rates by 35%.”
What I did: Analyzed & improved an automated aircraft tracking
program.
How: By identifying fault trends
Quantified: 1 week’s time and by 35%
Result: Improved the tracking program and helped increase mission
success rates.

10. • Ask questions
• Identify accomplishments
• Brainstorm those accomplishments identified
• Create high-impact statements from your brainstorming statements
• Quantify your statements
• Qualify the accomplishments
• When lacking quantifiable accomplishments reinforce with qualitative
• Review and proofread
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11. Excellent Quantifying Worksheet by Write Content Solutions
A few good Do’s & Don’ts courtesy of the Robert Half Company
Great resource for additional examples of Quantifiable Accomplishments
and a complete list of the 10 Resume Writing Commandments

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