MBA Resume - Avoid Metrics Overload

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Applicants from Finance feel passionate about numbers. Every deal size is benchmarked against competitors. Every cost saving is mapped against the size of the project and the company. Leadership is often measured by team size. Innovative solutions are measured by the money and the person-hours saved. So it is no wonder that any phrases dedicated to explaining the context of the achievement are often looked at with skepticism.

Here are three rules of thumb to overcome Number Overload in a resume:

1) Keep the Numbers in Each Entry to 3 at the most
2) Use Conservative Estimates for Money Saved Metrics
3) Categorize Metrics to Themes