Spend 10 Minutes Now: Record What You Achieved This Year

The end of the year is the perfect time to take ten minutes and record what you achieved at work. Not to update your CV now - just to capture the facts while they're still fresh.

This helps you more than you realise. Whenever you go to apply for a new role down the track, you'll need clear examples of your impact. Trying to remember everything months or years later is much harder than people think. Here's what to record:

What you achieved

• Projects delivered, targets hit, problems solved.

• Anything you're proud of that shows how you added value.

What you added to the business

• New ideas and process improvements.

• Work that saved time or money.

• Client wins or feedback that mattered.

If you're in creative, social or marketing

• Examples of your work - links, screenshots, campaign results.

• Anything that shows what you produced, not just what you were responsible for.

Metrics wherever possible

• Impressions, engagement, conversions, revenue impact, efficiency gains, response rates - whatever applies to your world.

• Numbers make your story stronger.

You don't need a full CV rewrite. A simple running note on your phone or laptop is enough. It will be worth its weight in gold when you need to update your CV quickly. Future you will thank you.