I dunno Donna, I've always listed my accomplishments in resume form as past events, that have taken place... ie coordinated customer service training for a team of ten ... for me, it's been most effective and Im not sure I agree with the new theory because for me,, and this is my personal Opinion now,, making the statement..
coordinate meeting rooms, can be something you want to do, something you think you might LIKE to do,,
coordinated meeting rooms, indicates,,, I've done this. I have experience at it.
here's another example,, which in your opinion is the more powerful resume statement?
Prioritize communications for departmental management
or
Prioritized communications for departmental management
to me, and this is only my opinion, while both statments express competancy, the past tense statement takes on a the additional flavor of "I've actually done this and can document it"
and resume wise I like specifics too,, as in...
"facilitate the design and creation of websites" or the much stronger..
"facilitated the creation of The Admin Authority,an admin specific web site located at
www.administrative-assistants.com"
Recipient of the 1995 Jefferson Award,
Authored end user manuals for custom software
Past tense just works fer me Bub!
I think lots too, depends on the type of resume you're preparing and how you are targeting it...don't ya forget now, I'm OLD and this is how I like to see resumes, when I review them and how I structure my own resume..
Just my tuppence...
Andrea
