Consequences of Confusing Accountabilities, Tasks, Activites, Goals & Objectives while writing a Resume

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The General Structure of a Resume, in my world view, should be as follows:

1. Identification Data
   
2. Education & Studies
   
3. Summary
   
4. Experience
   
5. Relevant Training & Development

Points 1, 2 & 5 do not posed any relevant problems since they are standard issues, but it is points 3 & 4 where the level of confusion arises

Point 3, The Summary, can be developed either Top Down or Bottom Up, depending the level of knowledge you have drafting Accountabilities, but it is Point 4 which poses the greatest difficulty since people confuse Accountabilities with Activities.

Others make even worst scenario when they confuse altogether Accountabilites, Activities, Tasks, Objectives, Goals, Purposes.

Here some Examples to help clarify the issues involved:

• The difference between a task, an exercise and an activity? in Educational Contexts.
• Difference Between Task and Activity in general ordinary day to day language.
• Task in project management, is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards work-related goals.
• Project Activities are the smallest identifiable and measurable pieces of work planned for completion throughout a project.
• Project Activities Planning and Scheduling is the first process group of project time management. Developing the project implementation schedule is the second group.
• An Event is... an Ocurrence happening at a determinable time and place, with or without the participation of human agents.

But when we are talking about Job Descriptions in organizational environments, what is relevant and count are the concept of Accountability. The rests terms: Tasks, Activites do not apply. A Job Description must clearly defined to job to be done, or the roles to be played in exact definition of the accountabilities involved, plus the profile Parameters required for the incumbent to perform his/her duties.

Now what all this has to do with Resumes? and specifically point 4 of this post??

Well, the Section of Experience is just a recount in chronological order, present to past, of the several positions you have had with the precise description of the accountabilities of each position. So it is in your interest to learn how to draft them well or you will not be understood.

What are the Impacts & Consequences of violating the correct drafting of accountabilities?

1. Rejection, since your Resume will not produce a FIT. In this case a Correlation of Qualitative Variables. This is the name of the game called Screening
2. Lost of Opportunity
3. Considerable waste of time and financial resources to ran your job search.
4. Invisibility on Search Engines, since Recruiters & Headhunters search using KeyWords associated with accountabilities, markets, and industries.
5. And the list goes on, an one....