Quantify Your Experience
It’s important in today’s resume to be specific
with numbers. Since the recruiters only have seconds to consider the resume, they
do not have time to imagine how many people you supervised or dollars you managed.
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM. Do not write a generic resume without specifics about your
job—the reader will lose interest because the whole story is not there.
Here are some specific areas where you can quantify your
responsibilities:
- Employees supervised
- Budget, grant, contract or project dollars
- Square footage managed
- Number of offices managed
- Geographic region responsibility (Mid-Atlantic area, etc.)
- Increased sales (percentage of actual dollars)
- Dollars saved by new procedures
- Dollars increased
Wrong way to write about your responsibilities:
Employment History:
Senior Facilities Manager, Northeast Region
Continental Insurance Company/CAN Insurance Companies
Glens Falls, NY 1979 – 1997
Responsible for the management of commercial real estate properties, including
staff supervision, budget management, tenant relations and contract management.
Correct way to write about your responsibilities:
Employment History:
Senior Facilities Manager, Northeast Region
Continental Insurance Company/CAN Insurance Companies
Glens Falls, NY 1979 – 1997
- Directed property management of 18 locations totaling 1
million square feet
- Developed and managed budgets and prepared monthly financial
reports
- Operating budget: $6.5 million; construction budget: $2.5
million
- Supervised 60 staff
- Managed contracts totaling $15 to $25 million
- Directed tenant relations for more than 40,000 sq. ft.
(40% sublet)
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