1. Why to write the Best
Resume?
Abhilash Abraham
(Abhi)

2. • Hiring Managers want to see what you can
bring to their company
• Ask yourself the following questions?
- What have I done in my past positions that I was
proud of?
- What was I really good at?
- What was improved ?
- How much money/time was saved?
- How did the business increase?
- How did inefficiencies decrease?

3. Qualitative
Accomplishments
Qualitative accomplishments highlight the
quality of your work
Examples:
- “Provided customers with information concerning various
types of accounts and banking services, which contributed
to increased business”
- “Provided thorough product and procedure training to new
employees, increasing confidence and productivity”
- “Greeted customers by providing a positive and
personalized image for the organization”

4. Quantitative (Q) Statements

5. 6 Most Common Behavioral Interview
Questions
1) Tell me something about yourself?
2) What was your biggest achievement
in your previous job?
3) What is your biggest strength?
4) How did you handle conflict with
a colleague/supervisor?
or
How would you define your ideal boss?
5) Give an example when you experienced a difficult
situation during work?
6) Why do you think we should hire you?
or
Why do you think you are a good fit for this company?

6. What is a Q Statement?
 A Q statement is a sentence (or group of sentences)
that expresses a numerical statement of some action
or accomplishment you have performed.
 It is quantitative
Statement A : I am a good communicator
Statement B : I have given presentations to more than
1200 clients worldwide on the topic of personal
financial planning, and I have worked individually with
clients from 19 to 70 years old
Statement A : I am an excellent production manager
Statement B : As a production manager, I decreased
production time by 6 days a month, resulting in a savings
of $300, 000 annually.
Which of the statements will you

7.  Statement B is more descriptive and more
concrete
 Statement B uses actual facts and
numbers to specifically demonstrate your
skills
 “I operated a multiline telephone system
and personally handled over 300 calls per
day”
 “I processed more than 250 customers
requests daily”
 “I reduced overhead by 25 percent while
increasing profits by 43 percent annually”

8.  If you read all these statements, you can
see a specific pattern emerging
 First, they all contain action words –
verbs such as worked, decreased,
operated, processed and reduced
 Second , they all end with some sort of
numbers, expressed in monetary
amounts, time and percentages, and
numerical amounts of people, actions or
things

9. Verb / Action word
+
(who, what, when, where, how)
+
Result
=
Q Statement

10. Good Resume Best
Resume
Good resume achievement: Helped sales department reach $500,000
annual revenue goals in Fort Lincoln area.
Better resume achievement: Helped sales department reach $500,000
annual revenue goals despite rising competition in the Fort Lincoln area.
Best resume achievement: Played pivotal role in leading sales
department to achieve aggressive $500,000 annual revenue goals by
instituting company-wide training initiatives that increased closing rates
25% and enhanced customer retention by 15%.

11. Why to convince you are the best
fit ?
• Made money for the company
• Helped the company save money or reduce
costs
• Implemented processes that save time or
increase work productivity
• Improved company's competitive advantage in
the marketplace
• Enhanced corporate image or building
company's reputation in its industry
At the bottom line, all Q statements
lead to some sort of direct benefit
or monetary profit to the company

12. Developing “WOW”
Accomplishments for your
resume
The Challenge-Actions-Results (CAR) FORMULA
Example - Jennifer is a sales executive and increased the sales
volume in the Northeast region for ABC Company for five
consecutive years.
Sounds great, but so what?
Challenge - Assumed leadership position in the video products
division which had been experiencing slow sales and negative
profitability from initial product launch.
Actions - Reinforced and coached team of ten sales
representatives through intensive training and innovative sales
techniques. Introduced new marketing initiatives, which helped the
company form strategic alliances with regional distributors and
vendors.
Results - Video products sales increased from $50,000 to 100,000

13. THANK
YOU