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Subject:Re: I need help From:Mary Arrotti <mary_arrotti -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Zen C <zenizenc -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:35:11 -0800 (PST)
Zen:
When you list achievements - you can also include skills and knowledge that you've developed in the 5 mos since you were hired:
For example, you may have started work on a Help system still to be completed. But if you never wrote Help before this job and never worked with the company's products - then you might want to include achievements like this:
(1) Learned and successfully worked with XYZ Help product.
(2) Learned and developed documentation for Product X.
You can also include some other tasks you've performed - particularly one-off tasks or things not specifically part of job description:
(3) Reviewed all existing documentation and materials for Product X.
(4) Researched and evaluated tools to use for Product X documentation.
(5) Created plans and methodology for updating Product X documentation.
(6) Identified issues with Product X and forwarded to QA.
(7) Attended and contributed to weekly Product X product meetings.
Zen C <zenizenc -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
She said I could write everything that I have achieved in the past 5 months.
Everything I have achieved were my own initiatives of which some were not
very successful cos it was very difficult for them to adapt to at once.
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