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• Become aware of things you have done well
• Gain insight into your natural talents
• Identify your skills
• Develop a solid base for resume preparation and interviewing.

As you prepare your accomplishment list, consider both paid and unpaid work, as well as responsibilities you have performed at home and in your community. For each position you've held, list at least one accomplishment. Include your education, training, and recognition (rewards, citations, merits) as you build your inventory of achievements.

The following list of memory joggers will help you broaden your evaluation.

Memory Joggers

• Did you identify or assist in identifying any problems or challenges?
• Did you resolve or minimize any problems?
• Did you discover and take advantage of any opportunities?
• Did you target a need for a product, service, plan, program, system, method, procedure, technique, etc.?
• Did you reduce costs, waste, time, or effort?
• Did you create any original works: reports, brochures, newsletters, guides, manuals, proposals, contracts, etc.?
• Did you develop or design a new program, plan, service, product, process, project, system, method, strategy, etc.?
• Did you develop new markets, territories, clients, accounts, etc.?
• Did you improve (redesign, streamline, or reorganize) any projects, plans, programs, processes, services, products, etc.?
• Did you administer or implement any programs, plans, procedures, etc.?
• Did you increase or participate in increasing sales, profits, market share, volume, distribution, production, revenues, cash flow, etc.?
• Did you formulate or participate in formulating any management decisions, policies, goals, organization changes, acquisitions, terminations, recruitments?
• Did you make any recommendations that saved money, made money, increased efficiency or productivity?
• Did you improve employee relations or boost morale?
• Did you open or establish a new office, department, branch, facility?
• Did you improve quality or standards for hiring, products, services?
• Did you make a technical contribution?
• Did you facilitate or improve communication among employees, with clients, or with the community?
• Did you improve service or customer satisfaction?
• Did you impart worthwhile knowledge?
• Did you develop personnel or build a team?
• Did you improve safety or security standards?

Contributed by Sally White & Associates: http://www.sallywhite.com.

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