Resume help: I keep getting feedback that I need to showcase my accomplishments from previous jobs on my resume, but I dont feel like I accomplished anything.
I literally just did my job. Thats not an accomplishment. I didn't do anything earth shattering and the metrics used in my previous jobs either aren't available to me or they were behavioral. What am I supposed to say? I respected company values? I treated people well?
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Is it permissible for a manager or supervisor or fellow co worker to contact a former employee about an assignment you are trying to first connect with your manager about?
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How to handle approaching manager
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Tina Asher
When you got hired, they hired you because they saw something they liked about you. Think of why you were hired initially. Next think about times when you were asked to do something that others were not asked to do. They came to you for a reason. Example: if your boss says to a new employee, "shadow this person for awhile" and he or she does that for 9 out of 10 employees, in essence you have been asked to train 90% of new staff - selected by management to train 90% of new hires (might be a bullet point on a resume) If you have been asked to lead a project/meeting or take on something extra then those are accomplishments because they chose YOU. It may "be your job" but give yourself credit for being a great employee. It's hard to toot your own horn sometimes when you feel you were hired to do it but you have unique skills that others do not, embrace it. Good luck!
Jason Lee
I feel the same way! and thought it was just me. Good to know I'm not alone.