Best metrics for your resume (even if you think you don’t have any) 👇🏽

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Here’s how anyone in any role can quantify on your resume when you think your role didn’t have any metrics👇🏽

Jobseeker: “I don’t have any metrics for my resume…”

Me: Yeah, you do.

Jobseeker: “But my job wasn’t really numbers-based…”

Me: Yeah it was.

Here’s how anyone in any role can quantify:

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STEP 1 → What did you do on repeat?
Start with a quick list of what you handled regularly:

→ Tasks you did daily, weekly, or monthly
→ Tools or systems you used
→ People you interacted with (clients, team, execs)
→ Projects you supported or owned

Then drill down with these questions:

→ How many? (Calls, projects, emails, clients, reports, transactions)
→ How fast? (Response time, turnaround time)
→ How often? (Per day/week/month)
→ How much? (Budget managed, cost saved, revenue influenced)

Examples:
→ Answered 100+ calls/day across 4 departments
→ Processed 250+ invoices/month with 99% accuracy
→ Managed scheduling for 3 execs and 20+ meetings/week
→ Trained 8 new hires, reducing onboarding by 2 weeks
→ Handled $40K/month in vendor orders
→ Resolved 50+ support tickets/day with 95% satisfaction
→ Created new workflow → saved 10 hours/week across the team

Use estimates if needed. Don’t aim for perfect. Aim for directionally accurate.

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STEP 2 → Use this formula:
I did [what] → using [tool/skill] → for [who/what] → which led to [result].

Example:
→ Built a reporting dashboard → using Excel → for the ops team → which cut reporting time by 40%.

Simple. Specific. Impactful.

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STEP 3 → Turn it into a SAR story:
→ Situation: What wasn’t working?
→ Action: What did you do to fix it?
→ Result: What changed because of it?

Example:
→ Onboarding was disorganized (S) → I created a step-by-step playbook (A) → and cut setup time by 30% (R).

You’re not writing an essay. You’re showing proof.

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Reminder:
→ Tasks show what you did.
→ Metrics show why you mattered.

Your resume is your sales pitch.

Neil Bhatt, Senior Recruiter, CEO @ ResumeWizard101.com

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