{"id":5899,"date":"2025-04-14T13:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=5899"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:52:57","slug":"mission-admission-resume-part-1-accomplishments-not-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mission-admission-resume-part-1-accomplishments-not-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Admission: Resume Part 1 &#8211; Accomplishments, Not Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your resume, you want to make sure that you are showcasing your accomplishments, not merely stating responsibilities. When only your responsibilities are presented\u2014with no accompanying results\u2014the reader has no understanding of whether you were effective in your position. For example, consider the following entry, in which only responsibilities are offered:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2020\u2013Present\u00a0<br>Household Products Group, Flocter &amp; Gramble Cincinnati, Ohio<br>Brand Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responsible for managing a $10M media campaign, supervising a staff of five junior brand managers, monitoring daily sales volumes and ensuring the consistent supply of product from five production facilities in three countries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reader is left wondering, \u201cWas the media campaign successful? Did the staff of five progress? Did sales volumes increase? Did the supply of products reach its destination?\u201d When this one large bullet point is instead broken down into individual bulleted entries that elaborate on each task and show clear results, the reader learns not just what the candidate did but also how effective they were and where they succeeded:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021\u2013Present\u00a0<br>Household Products Group, Flocter &amp; Gramble Cincinnati, Ohio<br>Brand Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Initiated $10M television\/Internet \u201cIsland Vacation\u201d promotion introducing new Shine brand detergent, surpassing first-year sales targets within three months<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mentored and supervised five Junior Brand Managers, each of whom was promoted to Brand Manager (company traditionally promotes 25%)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Analyzed daily sales volumes and identified opportunity to increase price point in Midwest, resulting in 26% margin improvement and $35M in new profits<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Secured \u201csafety supply\u201d of vital chemicals from alternative suppliers, ensuring 99% order fulfillment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By comparing the first version of this Flocter &amp; Gramble entry with the second, you can see how much more effective an accomplishment-driven resume is than one that simply presents responsibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In your resume, you want to make sure that you are showcasing your accomplishments, not merely stating responsibilities. 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