You might have heard that you should quantify results on your CV. This is good advice. If you raised a significant amount of money for a charity, or improved a process by a certain percentage, you should absolutely give the number. If you are making this kind of impact now, try and obtain those statistics and make a note of them. They will be invaluable for future job applications.<\/p>\n
However, some students worry that they can\u2019t quantify their impact with powerful percentages or financial figures. They can\u2019t say they reduced processing time by 10%, or boosted sales by 20%. While this level of detail is good to include if you can, it\u2019s certainly not the only way. Here are some other ways you can demonstrate impact.<\/p>\n
Scale<\/strong> refers to how many<\/strong> colleagues, clients, customers or course mates you worked with. Different skills are needed to work in large and small groups, and one isn\u2019t better than the other. For example:<\/p>\n Frequency<\/strong>, as you might have guessed, is how often you did something. It\u2019s one thing to say you tutored young children, but was this daily? Weekly? Don\u2019t undersell yourself and say you \u2018only\u2019 did something occasionally. What else were you doing in this time? Perhaps you were juggling this responsibility alongside your studies, which demonstrates time management and reliability.<\/p>\n You could also mention how many children you tutored every week, combining both scale and frequency in one bullet point.<\/p>\n Here you would give the timeframe in which you completed a task. Giving timeframes lets employers know you can work efficiently to complete tasks and meet agreed deadlines, and also suggests that you can work under pressure.<\/p>\n Lots of us fail to mention feedback on our applications. We might believe it\u2019s impossible to prove, or isn\u2019t as impressive as chucking numbers at the page. But mentioning good feedback is better than not mentioning it. Did you encourage customers to leave feedback? Even if this is not individual to you, can you emphasise your contribution towards a company\u2019s five star review? Did you receive glowing testimonials or nice thank you messages from colleagues or clients? This is all worth putting on your CV.<\/p>\n Be honest about positive feedback \u2013 it\u2019s never a good idea to lie on your CV. That said, try not to worry about how you can prove something to an employer. If they need proof, they can go to your references. You might also be able to elaborate in an interview. However, they won\u2019t know about this feedback unless you tell them!<\/p>\n If you met or exceeded sales targets, this alone is worth including in your CV. It\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t know how much money you made, or by how much you surpassed the target. If you broke a sales record, that\u2019s the impressive part. The numbers alone don\u2019t mean much without this context.<\/p>\n If you tutored kids with additional needs, this may not be a numerical detail, but it still says a lot about how you worked in your role. You might have shown an awareness of accessibility, or adapted your tutoring style to best meet their learning needs. Numbers go a long way, but many employers will also want to know about the qualitative details too.<\/p>\n Employers in the finance sector will want to see lots of numbers on your CV: cost reductions, revenue growth, and so on. If you don\u2019t want to work in finance, or you haven\u2019t worked with budgets or spreadsheets, this may be less relevant to you. You might talk about patient satisfaction if you\u2019ve worked in healthcare, improved grades in tutoring, or increased followers in social media and marketing. There are many ways to measure impact, and I hope this has shed some light on how you can make this work for you.<\/p>\n Photo by Karim MANJRA<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You might have heard that you should quantify results on your CV. This is good advice. 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When there are no numbers<\/h2>\n
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Consider the industry<\/h2>\n