Free Money Finance: How to Track Your Accomplishments

One of the major keys to growing your career is being able to track and communicate your past work accomplishments. Whether you need a list of your great deeds when you ask for a raise, some details of the events to update your resume, or some great talking points to seal the deal in an interview, knowing what you've done in the past is a vital part of growing your career (and hence your income.)

And let me be clear: if you don't have a regular, systematic way of tracking your accomplishments as they happen (or soon thereafter), you'll forget them (in whole or part.) And if you forget them, or details about them, you will significantly hinder your career progress.

Therefore, you need a way to record your accomplishments so you have a complete record of them. And US News has some thoughts on how to do this as follows:

Use LinkedIn. Why not use your profile as a journal of your successes?

Treat your resume as a strategic visioning document. What if you kept your resume on your desktop at home? Not because you?re looking for a new job, but because you?re looking forward, with an eye on your next position (a promotion to the next level).

Keep a manila folder on your desk. Call it your ?wins? folder. Company newsletters, updates from the CEO, press releases, notes from your boss, and the annual report all are great potential sources of wins. Also save great samples. A great analysis, summary report, or communication you like works. These might come in handy for your next job.

Share your wins with friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, or a blog post.

Save related emails or notes from your supervisor, as well as data to support the specific impact of your contribution.

So, do you have a process for tracking your career-related accomplishments?

Here's what I do:

• Every week, I summarize the status of my key projects for my boss and the owners of our company (via email).


• I send a copy of the email to myself as well as my personal gmail account so I'll always have details on each week's successes.


• When I need specifics, I simply sort through the emails, and there they are -- easy to find.

I've used this process for years. It's quite simple and captures what I want to capture without any additional time or effort on my part.

So, I ask again, do you have a process for tracking your career-related accomplishments? If not, it's likely that one day you'll wish you had kept better track along the way.

Source: http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2011/05/how-to-track-your-accomplishments.html

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