Hiring Managers are also looking at $ signs. How much bang (value you bring) for my buck (your salary) will I get? One way to prove hiring you will pay for itself is to highlight your skills in little vignettes detailing the challenge met, the innovation or process that improved the procedures, the cost benefit to the previous employer.
e.g. Improved process of ordering databases for field operations. Individual downloads were ordered in a 6 step process using 3 minutes per database. Defined an order process using 3 steps saving 2 minutes per database. Average man hr savings in process 3 hrs per week. Estimated savings to company $1560 per yr.
Vignettes can highlight any innovation that shows creativity (thinking outside the box) even if the particular skill is not specific to the job you want.
e.g. Assumed responsibility for costuming a play after Costume director destroyed notes and quit. Completed design selection and new construction of wardrobe for cast of large Musical in 2 weeks. Resulted in Play opening on schedule saving $6000 in box office receipts that would require return if play canceled.
Posted 2 years ago by ailuromaniac #
