How do you guys keep track of all your career accomplishments for reference in a interview

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I’ve memorized them as part of my daily affirmations. “You are smart, you are worthy, you once saved your client $45M on a third-party supplier spend optimization project, you are loved…”

And so on…

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Ahhh a nice 20 minute hype sesh every morning

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It's a short list.

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I recite them on dates… along with my elevator pitch

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If I take my date home, we do a puzzle (case study) together

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I have a word doc with bullet points

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Great question. I have been job hunting after 15 yrs at the same company and it took some effort to recap key accomplishments. I vowed that going forward I would 1) update my resume 2-3 times a yr 2) keep an ongoing list of stories in the STAR format.

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Not a very big list 😩

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I make sure I only accomplish two or three things so I don't forget any

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Have a running master resume, use that to pick the points that you want to use for whatever you are applying to next

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Microsoft word. Bullet points if you're fancy

The bigger things are what matter. I’ve done some pretty cool things in my 40 years working but if it can’t be listed on an index card, it’s really not that important.

What’s an index card? 😜

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