Start to put together the different pieces of your personal journey by answering the questions below (that I use in my role as a professional resume writer) for introspection. Your answers will me help give you a clear idea of how much you’ve grown and what you’re ready for next.
1) What brought you to the role? Were you recruited for a new role or to replace someone? Was this an opportunity to explore a new aspect of the job function, a new industry, or to learn something new? Was this a promotion?
2) What was the challenge laid out before you in this new role? Fix something that was broken? Build something from the ground up? Drive next-level growth?
3) What is your before v. after story? What did things look like when you got there? What do things look like know? What role did you play to get from point A to point B — why is it relevant to the team/company and how can we prove it for the reader?
4) What was the situation like when you first arrived and peeked under the covers? Were things a hot mess? Were things operating pretty well – but needed slight tweaks?
5) How are things better now (thanks to you!) compared to when you first arrived? Dig for stats/figures to be able to prove comparison.
6) When you reflect back, or if you were to leave tomorrow – what about this role and your work in it makes you proudest? In other words, how did you leave your mark?
7) What’s your reputation? What words would your peers, boss, direct reports, customers use to describe you?
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