The Words You Say Matters

Within your resume, you might be asking if it is ok to fluff up your resume with all of your experience and if the words really matter? The words you say on your resume matter, and sticking to the facts only, on your resume will take you farther than you think. Facts with quantifiable numbers can make an immediate impact.

Walkthrough the process of leveling up your experience in 2021, specifically your resume. Quantify the experience on your resume by using numbers to detail the results you achieved. Let the reader know just how much, how long, how fast, how many, and how often you achieved a certain goal, performed a certain task, or saved the company money and/or resources.

Adding numbers makes it easier for the reader to focus on these specific facts and to quantify your specific experience. This factual proof allows you to stick out from other applicants under consideration for the same position for which you’ve applied. Check out the example below.

Example:

FROM THIS: Managed a team of direct reports towards full-cycle recruitment efforts

TO THIS: Managed 3 teams of full-cycle recruiters in 4 countries, forming 10 new partnerships within the first year of our contract award, successfully hiring 90% of candidates ahead of the projected schedule.

Each bullet point in your resume should have a quanifiable number. That number should be verifiable, if your potential employer were to contact your past employer.

Get your 2021 level up digital career planner

Join our Level Up Plan Webinar every Thursday in December 2020 to prepare for your upskilling in 2021. Walkthrough exactly how to use the worksheets inside of your digital career planner. Walkthrough updating your resume. If you miss any of the weeks you can catch them on TalentSmiths YouTube Channel.

Learn all about digital planning

Click here to Watch this video to learn the benefits of switching from paper planning to digital planning and why you will ask yourself how come you haven’t already switched. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on digital planning, please share them below.

Tools Needed To Start Digital Planning

• iPad or Tablet
• PDF Annotation Application (note-taking)
• Digital Planner (PDF planner)
• Apple Pencil or Stylus

Follow the link below to purchase TalentSmiths 2021 Level Up Career Digital Planner. Walk through the webinar with us and get your questions answered during our livestream each Thursday.