DIY Resume Tips: 3 Steps for Collecting and Recording Career Highlights The unconventional ways you solve problems in your job can make your resume stand out among competitors and make the case for ascending into a position with greater responsibility or preparing for a pivot into another field. Next time you do or suggest something unusual that successfully solves a problem in your workplace, give yourself credit and make note of it. Below I’ve outlined a step-by-step process for creating a habit to collect these wins, big and small. 1. Start a Document on a cloud-based system like Google Drive to record your wins and sort into three categories: a.) Accomplishments, b.) Accolades, and c.) Metric-Based Objectives. I suggest using a cloud-based platform so that your “wins” are recorded in a place you can always easily access. When we leave jobs behind we usually leave email addresses behind that we can no longer access. Whether you use Google Drive for this purpose or not is irrelevant – just make sure it is a cloud-based tool that you can access with your personal email or other personal means of identification. a. Accomplishments - Include finished projects that stretched you as a professional or set you apart. Examples might include writing a grant that funded a much-needed project, managing a project that delivered a software update, or preparing a retail space to ensure safety from COVID spread for both customers and employees. If there are measurable objectives…