Whether you're preparing your covering letter, resume or being interviewed focus on the value you bring to an organization.

Study your past jobs, volunteer activities and hobbies and write down the value you added- that is how well you did and the impact it had.

Creating Value-oriented statements:

• Gives an employer a chance to see what you can do
• Indicates "I am proud of what I can do"
• Choose a key action word and describe what you did.
• What value was created because of what you did?

Examples:

• Developed a manual that reduced training time and improved customer service consistency
• Operated equipment including a fork lift, bobcat, and chainsaw adhering to all safety procedures and maintaining an accident free record
• Monitored 14 weaving looms and reduced machine downtime by 14%
• Type 80 words per minute, consistently producing error free documents while meeting tight deadlines leading to quick turnaround times for correpondence.
• Created new forms to match receipts with purchase orders significantly improving efficiency in the warehouse

Need some ideas for key action words? Use our action verb checklist