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How to Write Achievements on a CV
Show employers what changed because of your work, not just what you were responsible for.
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CV achievements provide evidence that you can produce outcomes. They are strongest when they explain what you did, the context or scale involved and the result.
How is an achievement different from a responsibility?
A responsibility describes what the role required. An achievement describes something you delivered. 'Processed invoices' is a responsibility; 'redesigned invoice checks and reduced monthly reconciliation errors' describes an outcome.
What can you measure?
Consider revenue, savings, time, volume, accuracy, customer satisfaction, delivery, team size, project scale, compliance, availability or other measures genuinely relevant to your work.
What if your work is difficult to quantify?
Describe scope and outcome. Examples include resolving a recurring operational problem, delivering a complex project, improving documentation, training colleagues or receiving expanded responsibility.
Should every bullet be an achievement?
No. Employers still need enough context to understand your role. Combine concise responsibility information with the strongest evidence of performance.
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Related guides
- How to write a CV
Start with a clear, truthful account of your experience before formatting or tailoring.
- CV structure
Use a conventional reading order so employers can find evidence quickly.
- Personal statements
Write a short profile that explains the role you want and the evidence behind it.
- Work experience
Describe duties and results in a way an employer outside your last team can understand.
Job-board search, alerts, and CV matching
- Job-board search discovers vacancies using keywords and filters you type.
- A job alert notifies you when new listings match those same criteria.
- CV matching compares evidence on a CV with vacancy requirements.
- Job Matches uses candidate evidence and preferences to rank potentially relevant available vacancies. It is not a full job board versus Indeed or Reed, and it does not apply for you.
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