Drafting Accomplishment Bullet Points
For each of your last three or four jobs, refer
back to your STAR statements to highlight your
most signicant achievements, particularly
those that you enjoyed and that would be
relevant to the next stage of your career.
Quantify these achievements wherever possible,
but don’t hesitate to include other types of
accomplishments: learning accomplishments,
management accomplishments, process
improvements, etc.
Depending on the signicance and relevance of
the experience, nd three to ve accomplishments
for each job and draft them into bullet points.
Bullet points typically follow this structure:
Verbs that describe your role in this
accomplishment. What you did. What was
the result? Why—in business terms—was this
important to your organization?
Example #1:
Led a team from Customer Services, CRM,
National Marketing, IT, Legal and Finance
through the planning and development of a
$38M national customer services cost savings
initiative.
Example #2:
Teamed with Samsung global ERP division to
develop a new sales logistic model, streamlined
order fulllment processes and implemented
SAP ERP and i2 supply chain management
system for the visual display product division.
Effort led to 10 % increase in order fulllment
rate, 30% reduction in account closing time,
and 30% increase in inventory turnover rate.
Resume Template
We ask that all Foster MBA students use
the Foster MBA resume template for their
resumes. You may download a soft copy of
this template from the “Sample Documents”
section of your Foster MBA Jobs account or
from our website: foster.washington.edu/
corporations/mba_careerservices/Pages/
CareerDevelopmentToolbox.aspx in the “Put it
in Writing” section.
A Living Document
No matter how many times you revise or rework
your resume, it will never be “nished.” Not
only will you want to keep your resume updated
with your latest accomplishments, but you also
need to revise your resume for each application
you submit. This will allow you to highlight
those aspects of your experience that are most
relevant to each specic job opportunity. (See
the Applications section for more details.)
Before Fall Quarter starts, you should prepare a
working, rst version of your resume. Because
you will submit this resume to the MBAFocus
resume book [see sidebar], it should be a
polished representation of your career to date.
However, consider this version of your resume
as a starting point, one that only shows where
you’ve been.
As you learn more about where you’d like to
take your career, you’ll revise your resume to
reect where you want to go. This will involve
“translating” your experience into the language
of the target industry and company.
Resume Books
Rather than just accept applications,
some employers actively pursue students
they think might be a good t for their
organization. Typically they will identify
candidates by searching various resume
books.
You can add your resume to the resume
books in Foster MBA Jobs. These books
are generally used by employers who have
a working relationship with the Foster
MBA Program.
To reach a wider pool of employers,
including many large, national employers,
we also give you the option to include
your resume in the resume books compiled
by MBAFocus.
The MBAFocus deadline is September 18,
2009.
foster.washington.edu/mbacareers/Pages/
CareerDevelopmentToolbox.aspx in the
"Put it in Writing" section.