Post: #1

I've noticed that in the States, the resumes (CV's) point towards one stating how much money they have saved a company as accomplishments.
For instance, one may state that:

1) Installed 20,000 printers via remote application saving company x 200 hours in labour time.

How does one assess their daily value to a company in order to incorporate this into their resume in the United States?

Thanks,

Moma

Post: #2

The farther you are from a profit and loss sheet the harder it is to do. The best thing you can do for your career is get as close as you can to production/product development or sales/marketing. Otherwise you're thinking along the right lines. Try and give your numbers some context. 200 hours of labor time is great - was that 200 man hours on a task that took 2000 man hours or 20000 man hours? Also if you can tell them how much you saved the company (again as a percentage of budget if you can).

In the example you gave you should be clearer about who came up with the idea for the process. As it reads now maybe your boss came up with the idea and you just executed on it. If you came up with the idea say: Developed and executed printer installation process resulting in $xxx savings on a $yyy project.

You can be less specific with the details if you're more specific with the results. That will create curiosity on the part of the hiring manager and you'll be more likely to get a call. Details on results are hard to argue with but a manager might not like how you went about it (e.g. they had a bad experience with remote installs). On a resume you can't address their concerns or discuss any issues you have. If it comes up in an interview (when you should be very specific about how you got things done) then you can work through it with them.

Post: #3

Below are some key bullets you can use to draw attention first even if you haven't bee in leadership roles:

*Spearheaded..
*Implemented key components of...
*Initiated the process of...
*Developed...

As far as cost savings, my take is that money saved should be quantified by "bill rates" rather than what people get paid. For example, if you figure out that a consultant charges $100 per hour for a system implementation project but you saved him/her about 10 hours, you saved $1,000 through your efforts. My point is use the "bill rate" concept not people's expected salary numbers.

You're making a good faith estimate, not an accurate account of your hours and costs. I've done it quite a bit on my resume and am quite honest about it.