Resume - Quantity v. Quality
I am starting to get serious about my job search and am struggling with writing my resume to accurately represent what I offer. My current role is in social work with local government, I've also worked as a legal assistant and had contract jobs as an HR coordinator/HR assistant. The feedback I've gotten on my resume is that I need to show accomplishments and have more quantitative information. Like - how many applications do you process daily. Which boggles my mind - the roles I've had are heavily influenced by the assorted personalities of clients and measured in the quality of service provided. There's no real way to demonstrate my work numerically or quantitatively. One of my managers has said that I "add quiet value". How do I document what I do and my value to a workplace on my resume?
Jayla Peterson
Patient Services/Virtual Asst in Cincinnati
26
07/01/20 at 11:19PM UTC
Hi ! So whenever I update my resume for a certain job that I am looking for I go onto their site or job listing and I incorporate the tasks or skills of what they are asking for to what I actually have. Sometimes wording things a certain way helps as well to make it sound fancy. And as far as what skills you already have or what value would you bring to the workplace you should sell yourself just like you will have to in the interview. Mention your education, the length experience that you have and mention that you are always wanting to learn new things and you are looking for a career change to showcase the skills that you already have and to develop new ones. Something along those lines. Best of luck to you on your career change journey! ?
