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Accomplishments/Results Statements

Resumes & Cover Letters

Develop accomplishments/results statements, using the SOAR method:

Statement of action: What did you do? (see Action Verbs list)
Occurrence of Action: Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly...?
Amount of Action: 19, 50, over 100...?
Results of Action: Increased, decreased, saved, taught, implemented...?

Example:

Statement: Managed production crew
Occurrence: Managed production crew on a daily basis
Amount: Managed production crew of over 20 people on a daily basis
Results: Managed production crew of over 20 people that increased production 3 quarters in a row

Examples of Accomplishments/Results Statements

  1. Selected as freshman orientation counselor; acclimated 150 new students to college environment.
  2. Innovated blood drive volunteer system, which increased student participation by 20%.
  3. Overhauled social organization recruitment program, which achieved national record for 75% membership increase.
  4. Cartoonist for small newspaper which publishes 4 times a week.
  5. Initiated leadership change program for 140 middle and senior level managers.
  6. Led 8 member project team that collected leadership data from 500 employees.
  7. Formulated banking method that decreased teller outage by 60%.
  8. Maintained 40% net profit margin in retail sales over two year period.
  9. Redesigned paint system resulting in annual savings of $60,0000.
  10. Trained over 200 insurance agents in the legal, ethical, and regulatory aspects of insurance and securities sales.
  11. Increased departmental sales by 25% in first three months as manager.

Action Verbs

Use action verbs when creating accomplishment or result statements.

Acted Coordinated Handled Processed
Adapted Corresponded Identified Produced
Addressed Counseled Illustrated Promoted
Administered Created Implemented Publicized
Advised Critiqued Improved Purchased
Allocated Decided Increased Recommended
Analyzed Delegated Influenced Reconciled
Applied Demonstrated Informed Recorded
Appraised Designed Initiated Recruited
Approved Developed Inspected Reduced
Arbitrated Devised Instituted Referred
Arranged Diagnosed Instructed Rehabilitated
Assembled Directed Integrated Reorganized
Assessed Dispatched Interpreted Represented
Assigned Drafted Interviewed Researched
Assisted Edited Introduced Resolved
Attained Educated Invented Retrieved
Audited Enabled Investigated Reviewed
Authored Encouraged Lectured Revitalized
Balanced Engineered Maintained Scheduled
Budgeted Enlisted Managed Screened
Built Established Marketed Shaped
Calculated Evaluated Mediated Solved
Catalogued Examined Moderated Specified
Chaired Executed Monitored Spoke
Clarified Expedited Motivated Stimulated
Classified Explained Negotiated Strengthened
Coached Extracted Operated Summarized
Collected Fabricated Organized Supervised
Communicated Facilitated Originated Supported
Compared Familiarized Oversaw Surveyed
Compiled Fashioned Performed Systemized
Computed Forecasted Persuaded Tabulated
Conceived Formulated Planned Translated
Conceptualized Founded Prepared Updated
Consolidated Generated Presented Validated
Contracted Guided Prioritized Wrote