

Welcome to the Job Search That Works Podcast. I’m you host, Ray Gooch. Over the next few minutes, we will answer your questions about how to navigate the challenges of looking for new job landing you quickly and safely into a career you love with a bright future. In today’s episode, we are talking about how Employers Are Not Interested In What You Do As Much As What You Have Accomplished
But before we do, in our last show, episode 006, we talked about Five Reasons Your Resume Is Rejected And How To Turn It Into Your Own Personal Marketing Machine.
If you missed it, you can listen by going to JobSearchThatWorks.com/006.
There’s a big difference between Duties and Accomplishments. Duties:
Accomplishments:
A Pharmacist’s duty may be to greet customers and count pills. However, an accomplishment may be that the pharmacist grew the pharmacy from 150 scripts per day to filling 450 scripts per day within a 12 month period by speaking to neighborhood groups and civic organizations on dangers of common drug interactions. Perhaps you are struggling to recognize your accomplishments. Consider that:
Accomplishments demonstrate that you have made your company money, saved your company money or improved processes within the company. These activities show your worth beyond being a warm body that can deliver the minimum requirement. Here’s a simple way to identify your accomplishments and move you toward being able to articulate them. Take out a piece of paper and make three columns on it. Next put heading on those columns. Title the left column “Challenge”, the middle column “Action Taken” and the right column “Results”.
Challenge | Action taken | Results
Fill out a page for each position you have held within each company for which you have worked.
I said this task is simple, not easy. It takes some thought. If you are having difficulty, consider the things your co-workers came to for. These will be indicators of your strengths. We are usually confident about something we do well. That is where we usually make a valued contribution. The second step to this process is articulating our accomplishment. Let’s continue the Pharmacist example.
Click here to download the Accomplishment Worksheet I mentioned in the podcast. You can use to help you identify the contributions you make to your employer. Here are seven examples of where you will use the accomplishments you uncover.
Imagine how much more confidence you have when you know your worth and can talk about the value you bring. It is nothing less than life changing. I have interviewed many thousands of job seekers over the years and it is truly rare when a candidate can communicate their value. Be one of the few and you will stand head and shoulders above your competition. Rest assured that you will be remembered by the hiring authority. Someone who can communicate their worth is a breath of fresh air in the drudgery of interviewing scores of candidates, looking for that rare jewel. Knock the dust of and polish your presentation. Be that rare jewel the next hiring manager you speak with is looking for.
In review, we talked about the difference between duties and accomplishments. How knowing how to talk about your accomplishments will cause you to stand out in the crowd.
“By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved – and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses – you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.” – Jack Canfield Thank you for spending time with me today. I truly appreciate it.
I want to make sure our time together is beneficial for you. Let me know some of the struggles you are having with your job search. I would love to help. You can go over to http://www.JobSearchThatWorks.com and click on the the voice message icon on the left side of the page. As long as you have a microphone on your device, you can just tell me your challenge and I might just include you asking your question here on the show. You can also share your thoughts with us in the comment section of the show notes. Until next time ….
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