One of the best pieces of advice Maddie Machado received from a former boss at Microsoft was to keep track of all her career wins.
Machado would log “anytime I did a good job, anytime I made someone’s life easier, anytime I got kudos” first in a Microsoft document, then a running email draft and now in a slide presentation. She calls it a “brag doc” and says she’s used it in every interview for the last 10 years.
Machado, 35, is a reverse recruiter and founder of SkillScript, a resume platform, in Tampa, Fla.
The concept of documenting your career wins isn’t new, but her method categorizes four specific aspects of your professional success:
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