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Revenue: Make it or Save It
“There are always opportunities for people who have creative ideas about cutting cost or increasing revenue”
At least that’s what the head of global CEO search at Russell Reynolds told the WSJ in a recent interview. Great advice to keep in mind when you’re putting together a resume. Information on revenue should rank high on the list of bullet point accomplishments. In an interview highlight revenue results for your current and past employers as well as any ideas you have for your potential new employer.
Bruce said
August 19th, 2010 at 4:43 pmThis is a very good suggestion since revenue is a universally understand business concept. I can clearly understand how this would apply in a sales type position (e.g. “I made $xxx,xxx in 2010.”). But what about a role like corporate legal, human resources, planning or strategy? So much of those roles involves helping others in the company to do their work well and the impact on revenue is difficult to figure out. Any ideas on how one could summarize work in that kind of role?