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Resume Examples

Writing powerful ‘achievements and results’ focused resumes is not only limited to executive or sales roles where increases in revenues are an obvious highlight. Professionals in accounting, administration, human resources, engineering and other non-sales related positions should also be looking to list career achievements and positive results which employers will see as potential added value for their organizations.

We’ve listed some examples of both sales and non-sales related resumes to demonstrate how achievements and results can be brought to the attention of potential employers.

General Manager

This General Manager has included an Actions and Accomplishments sub-section for each of his career tenors. Additionally he has used bullet points to highlight his achievements with powerful opening words such as ‘Increased, Expanded, Established, Realized and Produced’.

Sales and Marketing Manager

This candidate has stated clearly that his objective is to gain a senior level sales position with an auto parts supplier and has effectively used bold font throughout the Summary of Qualifications section to highlight the key points related to his objective. He also does an excellent job of separately listing achievements and results for each of his accounts.

Chief Financial Officer

Whereas sales related positions often focus on increasing revenues, CFO’s and Controllers have the additional responsibility of reducing company costs and increasing profit margins. This resume demonstrates effective revision of inefficient practices and implementation of strategies to reduce costs and increase company performance.

Human Resources Manager

This candidate has effectively bullet pointed her responsibilities and included results and achievements for each item. Wisely she has also placed her excellent educational background in a clearly visible area, demonstrating her qualifications for the position.

Field Engineer

Although this Field Engineer does not have a sales quota, he has demonstrated added value through a Key Contributions section for each of his career tenors. He has also placed his Technical Skills section near the top of the resume. This is a good idea as readers of technical resumes like to scan for buzz words and acronyms straight away.

Project Based Engineer

This candidate could perhaps improve his resume by placing his skill set and excellent education under the Summary section and by also demonstrating the value his work added to the customer’s product. However he has done an excellent job in clearly listing his projects and involvement. This is a very good resume format for Project Managers or Consultants.

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