An Essential Tool for Capturing Your Career Accomplishments

A Career Management Document (CMD) is a comprehensive collection of your résumé and portfolio content. It’s a document you update regularly, over time, with all the work you’ve done.

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I update my CMD about once a week.

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I write my accomplishments in the format of résumé bullets, using the framework of responsibilities and accomplishments from this Manager Tools podcast. Then I add those bullets to the CMD.

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I add any content to the CMD that might go into my résumé someday. I include everything I can think of, even if it seems insignificant or trivial at the time.

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In addition to capturing bullets for my résumé, I capture content for my portfolio.

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The key is to collect the evidence regularly and store it in an accessible, organized way that works for you.

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Sometimes I have a busy week, and I can’t spend thirty minutes on my CMD. So I spend whatever amount of time I have. Some weeks, I only spend ten minutes. Ten minutes per week is better than zero minutes per week.

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A detailed CMD will help you remember this process so you can share it in an interview.

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At Center Centre, we originally learned about the Career Management Document through the Manager Tools podcast series.

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Posted on August 15, 2019