For years I thought quantifying meant that I had to know dollar amounts, such as how much money I saved the company by doing a, b, or c. But I was wrong. It takes a little patience, but you can quantify almost anything you have ever done.
Pick one accomplishment at a time. Just one. Think about it.
  1. Write down the object or reason for the project.
  2. Write down the action you took to do the project.
  3. Write down the result of that action.
  4. Combine and condense the three statements from 1-3 above.
Let’s practice with an everyday job like painting the downstairs of your grandmother’s house last weekend.
  1. Object: Help an elderly woman with a physical task that is too much for her to do.
  2. Action: Gather tools and supplies at the cheapest price, protect the floor and furniture, patch nail holes, remove/replace baseboards, paint the walls, clean up the mess, put back the furniture.
  3. Result: A happy grandmother who is now proud to invite friends and family to her newly refurbished home.
  4. Successfully planned and completed a thorough renovation of five rooms in just two days on a strict budget of $100.
Sometimes there aren’t any dollars to refer to, or even a specific timeframe you can mention. But if you think about it hard enough there are some numbers somewhere in what you did. One of my favorites from my own resume is:
  • Planned, developed, maintained, and regularly updated the online help and user guides for 5 software products in the MEDxConnect suite, keeping pace with changes and updates from 35 offshore developers and a dozen domestic engineers
These snippets are called OARS (for object, action, result) and when inserted throughout your resume, add value. Just don’t get too carried away. A resume that is all OARS can be heavy reading.

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