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Originally Posted by cstreit
I'm guessing a large majority of resume's have some level of embellishment in them.
I see it all the time in sales. Person claims they contributed $5M in sales revenue. What they were was part of a team of people that generated that.
Depending on how you interpret "contribute' it is either accurate or embellishment.
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I'm glad you posted this as I was going to use it but in a different way. I was hired to create a custom marketing department for an IT magazine, Network World back in 2000. We had Print Sales, Online Sales and Event Sales departments, and then me, Custom Media. I and later my staff worked very closely with all 3, well, we didn't with Online because we sold all their inventory and the VP complained bitterly, but that's another story.
Anyway, the year prior to me joining I was told they did $100K in custom sales. Cisco, HP, Intel, etc. were always asking for cool marketing programs but no one knew how to put them together. We did $5.3 million in sales in my 3rd year, all incremental, all on qualified lead generation and nurturing programs with media buy optimization tied to customer CRM business logic.
I was very proud of the team we all put together, a lot of people helped me create it and manage it, and putting that on my resume helped me immensely when raising angel money for entrepreneurial ventures after I left Network World.
It's fine to brag about what you did and embellish your resume with self-serving details but a whole lot better to talk about how you worked with a team for the benefit and success of the company as a whole.