Help a recent graduate come up with more achievements.

Submitted by Trevor Massey
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 Hey guys,

I'm an accounting student in Vancouver, Canada that will be recruiting in September. I currently have no experience in related fields and am creating a resume to get a summer job, hopefully at an accounting firm in my area.

I've recently started listening to the Career Tools podcast and have completely re-written my resume according to the advice given here. I'd appreciate any feedback on my resume, especially as it relates to my achievements. I haven't been documenting my work experience and am having trouble remembering anything else I can put down as an achievement.

Here is the resume:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pooTd2OGUVctHPfcnF4tC3ArvTTbg5BLYg1oEnXP7Dc/edit

Any feedback and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Submitted by John Rosenau on Sunday March 25th, 2012 9:30 pm

based on my quick read-through:
1) Given food preparation responsibilities in addition to core cleaning responsibilities
Why?  you could reword to say "Given additional food prep resp. due to excellent performance with core resp."
2) Promoted from dishwasher to a regular cook shift
I would think you would list dishwasher as one and then regular cook shift as another position.  You would then note under dishwasher that you were promoted to regular cook shift.
Overall, I think the "why" is a question the reader will ask - "why" were your promoted, "why" were you given addt'l responsibility.  Answer that question, and it will greatly help.
Feel free to message me if you have more questions or want a more thorough review.
John