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What's the difference between a stand out resume and one that gets ignored? Successful job seekers know how to write achievements in resume. They construct their CV achievements so they pop out.

In this video, I’ll show you how to identify and write up your achievements in a way that makes your CV or resume pop! Whether you think you have nothing impressive to share or can’t quote fancy metrics, I’ll guide you step by step to create statements that stand out to recruiters.

?? Learn how to brainstorm achievements (even if you’re stuck)
?? Use the STAR method to turn stories into concise, impactful CV/ resume statements
?? Discover tips to showcase your value—even if you feel your achievements are “lame”

PLUS, I’ll share an exciting technique for presenting even the most mundane achievements in a way that grabs attention on your resume.

If you’re a mid-career professional struggling to make your resume shine, this video is for you. Let’s transform your resume into a tool that helps you land your next great job!

? For more examples and tips, join the Straight to Shortlist Challenge. Type "Get me Straight to Shortlist" in the comments to get started.

*DOWNLOAD THE FREE CV SAMPLES*

Want to get examples of great resumes ? Click here: https://bit.ly/Free-Career-Change-CV-Samples or write in the comments “get me Straight to Shortlist” to access my free resources and find out when I run the next Straight to Shortlist Challenge!

? Watch next: How to Create a Storytelling CV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7drQYnJaU

GET STRAIGHT TO THE GOOD BITS

00:00 What's the difference between someone who lands a lot of interviews and someone who does not?
01:55 How to find ideas for your achievements on your resume – may be ideas you have never thought about
04:15 How to write the achievements for your resume in a way that makes them pop
06:17 What to write on your resume if you were part of a team delivering that achievement?
07:42 What to write as an achievement if you can’t show quantifiable numbers or percentages
08:11 Top tips for creating achievement statements for your resume

ACHIEVEMENT IDEAS FOR YOUR RESUME

- Things you delivered that you have enjoyed AND been proud to deliver
- Problems you have identified or solved
- Ideas you have developed and executed
- Ideas you have shared that other people have taken up
- Solutions/ strategies you have designed and or delivered
- A task you’ve received praised for
- Targets you have achieved or exceeded
- Improvements you have made
- Changes you have influenced or led
- People you have mentored or coached
- Teams you have developed
- Projects you have delivered
- Projects you have rescued
- Negotiations you have undertaken
- Deals you have won
- Clients or accounts you have won
- Customers you have satisfied
- Technology you have introduced
- Products you have designed and developed
- Budgets or costs you’ve managed or reduced
- Processes you have streamlined or automated
- Times you’ve demonstrated leadership in high-stakes situations
- Partnerships or collaborations you’ve established
- Efficiencies you’ve created within a workflow or team
- Quality standards you’ve implemented or enhanced
- Innovative solutions to overcome resource limitations
- Initiatives you’ve led to improve workplace morale or engagement
- Key decisions you’ve made under pressure
- Risk management strategies you’ve developed or applied
- Crisis situations you’ve handled or defused
- Revenue growth you’ve driven or contributed to
- Professional development initiatives you’ve organized or led
- Research or analysis that informed major business decisions
- Training programs or workshops you’ve developed or delivered

QUESTIONS TO ASK TO DESCRIBE THE RESULT (OR YOUR IMPACT) FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT STATEMENTS

In your example did you:

* Improve or inform decision making
* Reduce risk
* Uplift morale
* Create a positive working environment
* Change working culture
* Improve the company’s reputation
* Create a best practice template for a new way of working
* Made processes easy for others
* Improve the skills of others
* Trailblaze a change
* Bring parties together
* Improve standards or quality
* Win over a major customer
* Promote innovation
* Rescue a project
* Introduce partnerships
* Help someone grow or succeed in their role
* Promote the company
* Improve communication or collaboration
* Address a gap in knowledge
* Remove a roadblock
* Improve organisation or efficiency
* Improve project management
* Strengthen relationships
* Keep an organisation abreast of best practice, innovation or trends
* Introduce new analytics or technology to improve decision making

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Want to know how to write a career change CV? I'm excited to share my EXACT formula for creating a powerful job winning resume with REAL life examples that have won interviews for my clients. In this video, I'll guide you through my proven CV writing process to help you transition to a new career with confidence and the winning strategy my clients used to make that change.

I'm Karalyn Brown - Career Coach, Career Change Resume Writer and Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge.

DOWNLOAD THE CV SAMPLES
Click here: https://bit.ly/Free-Career-Change-CV-Samples

GET CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE BOOSTING HELP
I'm a dedicated professional who's sole purpose is to create a compelling argument to hire you for your next career move AND to help you feel confident that you can do it.

Book a call to find out about how we can work together 1:1: https://bit.ly/KB-Discovery-Call
Click here for my packages: https://bit.ly/ExecPackage

FAST TRACK YOUR CAREER CHANGE WITH NETWORKING
Find out more about how the Straight to Shortlist Challenge can help you create that new career change faster. Click here: Challenge: https://bit.ly/StraightToShortlistTeachable

***WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO ***
My secret formula for creating a career change resume that will help you understand what you need to write AND stand out from the crowd.

- How to identify and highlight your **transferable skills**.
- Techniques to showcase your **hunger for change**.
- Tips to clearly explain **why** you want to make a career shift.
- Real-life examples of successful career change resumes I've created for clients.

GET STRAIGHT TO THE GOOD BITS

00:00
00:58: The exact formula I use to create powerful career change resumes
01:26: How to identify your transferable skills
01:37: Hot tip for finding your transferable skills
03:02: Two real life CV examples that clients used to find jobs
03:19: Example 1: career change cv - from corporate account manager to trainer
07:27: Example 2: career change cv - from WHS to travel
12:06: The secret that will make all the difference to your career change

Don't forget to **like**, **subscribe**, and **hit the bell icon** to get more tips on advancing your career!

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What's the difference between a stand out resume and one that gets ignored? Successful job seekers know how to write achievements in resume. They construct their CV achievements so they pop out.

In this video, I’ll show you how to identify and write up your achievements in a way that makes your CV or resume pop! Whether you think you have nothing impressive to share or can’t quote fancy metrics, I’ll guide you step by step to create statements that stand out to recruiters.

?? Learn how to brainstorm achievements (even if you’re stuck)
?? Use the STAR method to turn stories into concise, impactful CV/ resume statements
?? Discover tips to showcase your value—even if you feel your achievements are “lame”

PLUS, I’ll share an exciting technique for presenting even the most mundane achievements in a way that grabs attention on your resume.

If you’re a mid-career professional struggling to make your resume shine, this video is for you. Let’s transform your resume into a tool that helps you land your next great job!

? For more examples and tips, join the Straight to Shortlist Challenge. Type "Get me Straight to Shortlist" in the comments to get started.

*DOWNLOAD THE FREE CV SAMPLES*

Want to get examples of great resumes ? Click here: https://bit.ly/Free-Career-Change-CV-Samples or write in the comments “get me Straight to Shortlist” to access my free resources and find out when I run the next Straight to Shortlist Challenge!

? Watch next: How to Create a Storytelling CV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7drQYnJaU

GET STRAIGHT TO THE GOOD BITS

00:00 What's the difference between someone who lands a lot of interviews and someone who does not?
01:55 How to find ideas for your achievements on your resume – may be ideas you have never thought about
04:15 How to write the achievements for your resume in a way that makes them pop
06:17 What to write on your resume if you were part of a team delivering that achievement?
07:42 What to write as an achievement if you can’t show quantifiable numbers or percentages
08:11 Top tips for creating achievement statements for your resume

ACHIEVEMENT IDEAS FOR YOUR RESUME

- Things you delivered that you have enjoyed AND been proud to deliver
- Problems you have identified or solved
- Ideas you have developed and executed
- Ideas you have shared that other people have taken up
- Solutions/ strategies you have designed and or delivered
- A task you’ve received praised for
- Targets you have achieved or exceeded
- Improvements you have made
- Changes you have influenced or led
- People you have mentored or coached
- Teams you have developed
- Projects you have delivered
- Projects you have rescued
- Negotiations you have undertaken
- Deals you have won
- Clients or accounts you have won
- Customers you have satisfied
- Technology you have introduced
- Products you have designed and developed
- Budgets or costs you’ve managed or reduced
- Processes you have streamlined or automated
- Times you’ve demonstrated leadership in high-stakes situations
- Partnerships or collaborations you’ve established
- Efficiencies you’ve created within a workflow or team
- Quality standards you’ve implemented or enhanced
- Innovative solutions to overcome resource limitations
- Initiatives you’ve led to improve workplace morale or engagement
- Key decisions you’ve made under pressure
- Risk management strategies you’ve developed or applied
- Crisis situations you’ve handled or defused
- Revenue growth you’ve driven or contributed to
- Professional development initiatives you’ve organized or led
- Research or analysis that informed major business decisions
- Training programs or workshops you’ve developed or delivered

QUESTIONS TO ASK TO DESCRIBE THE RESULT (OR YOUR IMPACT) FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT STATEMENTS

In your example did you:

* Improve or inform decision making
* Reduce risk
* Uplift morale
* Create a positive working environment
* Change working culture
* Improve the company’s reputation
* Create a best practice template for a new way of working
* Made processes easy for others
* Improve the skills of others
* Trailblaze a change
* Bring parties together
* Improve standards or quality
* Win over a major customer
* Promote innovation
* Rescue a project
* Introduce partnerships
* Help someone grow or succeed in their role
* Promote the company
* Improve communication or collaboration
* Address a gap in knowledge
* Remove a roadblock
* Improve organisation or efficiency
* Improve project management
* Strengthen relationships
* Keep an organisation abreast of best practice, innovation or trends
* Introduce new analytics or technology to improve decision making

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LinkedIn bullet points can really spice up your LinkedIn profile. Here's how you add bullet points to your LinkedIn profile. Follow the instructions on the video. Pick the bullet point from the list below and pop it into your LinkedIn profile. Bullet points are great. They help your LinkedIn profile stand out AND help recruiters actually read your profile.

*BULLET POINT LIST*

*CORPORATE & EASY ON THE EYE*

BUSINESS LIKE BULLET POINTS: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
TICK, YOU'RE SO AWESOME: ? ? ? ?
WRONG WAY GO BACK: ? ? ?
YOU'RE SUCH A STAR: ? ? ? ? ? ?
FOLLOW ME, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT: ? ? ? ? » ? ? ?
EMAIL, PHONE: ? @ ? ? ? ? ?


*WHEN YOU WANT TO GO A LITTLE STAND-OUT CRAZY*

NOT SO BUSINESS LIKE BULLET POINTS: ?? ?
TICK, YOU'RE SO AWESOME: ?
WRONG WAY GO BACK: ? ?
YOU'RE SUCH A STAR: ? ? ? ?
FOLLOW ME, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
EMAIIL, PHONE: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SPEAKER PODCAST: ? ? ? ? ? ?


*JUST FOR SOME RANDOM FUN AND TO MAKE A POINT*

SPACE CADET:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I'M FEELING GREEN AND NATURE LIKE: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
THIS CALLS FOR A HAND GESTURE: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BUSINESS IN PICTURES: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? $ ? ? ? ?
LET'S GO MEDICO: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
TECHO: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
THE YARTZ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I'M ON THE TOOLS: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

*WHO AM I?*

Hi my name is Karalyn Brown and I am a career coach and the Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge. I've helped 100's of people find new jobs using LinkedIn.

*GET STRAIGHT TO THE GOOD BITS*

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00:21 How to add bullet points to your LinkedIn profile
00:56 LinkedIn bullet point warning 1
01:09 LinkedIn bullet point warning 2

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Want to know how to create a powerful career change CV / resume? Here's my simple career change CV formula to follow that's helped 100's of my clients change careers.

These CV's are different from traditional CV's and really useful to use when you are out networking as they show that you've done your homework and can answer the question that everyone will be asking - that is "why do you want to make this career change?"

*Here's the full video with samples that have worked for my clients*

https://bit.ly/CareerChangeCVEgs

*WHO AM I?*

My name is Karalyn Brown and I am a career coach and Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge. I have helped hundreds of people change their career or direction with powerful interview winning CV's. It's not just the CV that has helped people on the job hunt. My clients find that it's the process of developing the career change CV with me that's made all the difference.

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00:52 What does your career change CV need to show to help you change your career?

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How to find out what your transferable skills are. If you want to create a great career change follow these 3 rules to decide whether your skills are transferable. You'll get A LOT of bad advice about your transferable skills, but these rules should help you decide what to put to really make an impact.

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00:03 When are your skills transferable from one career to the next?
00:06 What are your transferable skills?
00:15 Where can you find your transferable skills?


WHO AM I?
Hi it's Karalyn Brown here. I'm a Career Coach, Career Change Resume Writer and Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge.

I have helped 100's of clients from all over the world to identify their transferable skills and create powerful career change resumes that have helped them make that move.

** LEARN HOW TO CREATE A POWERFUL CAREER CHANGE CV **

Check out my full career change CV video here. https://youtu.be/ppixkIYcuR4

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Want to know how to write a career change CV? I'm excited to share my EXACT formula for creating a powerful job winning resume with REAL life examples that have won interviews for my clients. In this video, I'll guide you through my proven CV writing process to help you transition to a new career with confidence and the winning strategy my clients used to make that change.

I'm Karalyn Brown - Career Coach, Career Change Resume Writer and Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge.

DOWNLOAD THE CV SAMPLES
Click here: https://bit.ly/Free-Career-Change-CV-Samples

GET CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE BOOSTING HELP
I'm a dedicated professional who's sole purpose is to create a compelling argument to hire you for your next career move AND to help you feel confident that you can do it.

Book a call to find out about how we can work together 1:1: https://bit.ly/KB-Discovery-Call
Click here for my packages: https://bit.ly/ExecPackage

FAST TRACK YOUR CAREER CHANGE WITH NETWORKING
Find out more about how the Straight to Shortlist Challenge can help you create that new career change faster. Click here: Challenge: https://bit.ly/StraightToShortlistTeachable

***WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO ***
My secret formula for creating a career change resume that will help you understand what you need to write AND stand out from the crowd.

- How to identify and highlight your **transferable skills**.
- Techniques to showcase your **hunger for change**.
- Tips to clearly explain **why** you want to make a career shift.
- Real-life examples of successful career change resumes I've created for clients.

GET STRAIGHT TO THE GOOD BITS

00:00
00:58: The exact formula I use to create powerful career change resumes
01:26: How to identify your transferable skills
01:37: Hot tip for finding your transferable skills
03:02: Two real life CV examples that clients used to find jobs
03:19: Example 1: career change cv - from corporate account manager to trainer
07:27: Example 2: career change cv - from WHS to travel
12:06: The secret that will make all the difference to your career change

Don't forget to **like**, **subscribe**, and **hit the bell icon** to get more tips on advancing your career!

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How to reduce stress at work. Watch this counsellor interview. Feeling overwhelmed at work? You're not alone! In this must-watch video, Karalyn Brown, Career Coach and Founder of the Straight to Shortlist Challenge, interviews seasoned Counsellor Peter Gormly about how to reduce stress at work. Discover practical strategies to combat workplace anxiety, depression, and burnout with expert advice from someone who's been helping people navigate these challenges for over 20 years.

Peter breaks down:

- **Signs of Stress**: How to recognize if you're stressed, anxious, or on the brink of burnout.
- **Practical Tips**: Simple, actionable steps to reduce stress immediately.
- **Personal Techniques**: What works for Peter personally and how you can find your own path to stress relief.
- **Effective Counseling**: When to seek professional help and what to look for in a counselor.

Don't let work stress take over your life. Tune in to get valuable insights and start your journey toward a healthier, more balanced work life today. If you find this video helpful, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more content on reducing stress and improving your career well-being!

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01:55 What are some of the signs you are stressed at work?
03:24 Is it normal to have an existential career crisis in your 20’s or 30’s?
04:48 Anxiety and depression are umbrella terms, and the symptoms can creep up, How do you know if you are depressed?
06:42 How can you detect if you are feeling anxious, depressed or stressed?
07:22 Do people really want to be engaged at work?
08:07 When should you leave a job that does not serve you?
08:49 What are some of the symptoms of anxiety?
09:04 How can you beat the overthinking anxiety symptom?
09:48 Some simple techniques to slow the brain down
11:52 What personally works for Peter in terms of stress reduction?
12:29 What works well for men to reduce anxiety and stress?
13:02 When is a good time to see a counsellor – should you go when you are in crisis?
14:25 Should you expect overnight results with a counsellor?
15:24 What do trigger actually mean?
16:13 An example of being triggered at work?
17:48 What can you do if you feel triggered at work?
19:29 How can you work out whether your stress is from you or work is causing you stress?
22:50 What should people look for in a good counsellor?
27:45 Where can people find Peter Gormly?

Here are the 10 key points from the video:

1. **Identifying Stress**: Peter discusses how stress at work can manifest through various symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and a loss of motivation, which may be influenced by organizational changes or personal issues.

2. **Existential Career Crisis**: Many people experience a career crisis around their mid-30s, questioning whether their current job aligns with their values and goals.

3. **Symptoms of Depression**: Common signs include a loss of energy, difficulty getting up in the morning, and a lack of enjoyment in activities once found enjoyable, which may lead to decreased productivity at work.

4. **Anxiety Symptoms**: Peter describes anxiety as often involving overthinking and rumination, which can be mitigated through mindfulness techniques like using physical objects (e.g., stones) to ground oneself.

5. **Practical Tips for Reducing Stress**: Regular exercise, a balanced diet, proper hydration, and breathing exercises are recommended to manage stress and improve mental well-being.

6. **Personal Techniques**: Peter shares his personal coping strategies, including yoga, swimming, and cycling, while noting that different techniques work for different people.

7. **Seeking Counseling**: It's beneficial to seek counseling not only during crises but also for long-term issues. Building a strong rapport with a counselor is crucial for effective therapy.

8. **Misconceptions About Counseling**: A common misconception is that counseling will provide immediate solutions. In reality, it often requires time to unpack and address underlying issues.

9. **Triggers and Grounding Techniques**: Identifying and managing triggers through mindfulness and grounding techniques can help individuals cope with stress and maintain emotional stability at work.

10. **Evaluating Counseling**: When choosing a counselor, it’s important to feel comfortable and build a trusting relationship, as the therapeutic process can be challenging and requires openness from both parties.

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What does your LinkedIn profile mean IRL? If you looked like your LinkedIn words, how would you show up? Let's eliminate LinkedIn HR word salad so people sound on LinkedIn just like they do IRL. That way you can have more genuine conversations with people.

WHO AM I?

I'm Karalyn Brown. I am a career coach who's written 100's of LinkedIn profiles for clients across the globe. I'm on a mission to minimise HR word salad on LinkedIn profiles and help people connect with real people, not the words written in job descriptions.

Imagine how much more fun that would be!

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