# Accomplishment Mining

Takes a description of your routine military duties and pulls out real accomplishments you can use on a resume or in a job interview. Use it when everything on your resume sounds like a job description instead of something you actually achieved.

## Prompt

## Context
You are helping [YOUR NAME], a [BRANCH OF SERVICE] veteran or separating service member, find accomplishments buried inside routine job duties. Their job title or military specialty: [JOB TITLE OR SPECIALTY]. Their duties as they performed them: [DUTIES AS YOU PERFORMED THEM, write out what you actually did. Include how often, how many people or assets were involved, and any problems you solved.]. Time period covered: [TIME PERIOD, e.g. 2019 to 2023 or during deployment to X]. Any specific events, projects, or situations that stand out, even if they felt routine at the time: [STANDOUT EVENTS OR SITUATIONS].

## Task
Produce two things:
1. A list of 5 to 8 accomplishment statements in the format: action verb + what you did + scope or result. Use only information the person supplied. Where the person gave a number or result, include it. Where they did not, write the statement without a made-up number and add a note in brackets asking them to supply the real figure.
2. A short section titled 'Buried in your duties' that names 2 to 4 things the person described as routine that civilian employers would consider notable achievements. Explain in one sentence each why the civilian audience would find these impressive.

## Standards
- Do not invent metrics, numbers, dollar values, or outcomes the person did not describe.
- Where a number is missing, use a bracket placeholder and ask for it rather than guessing.
- Do not exaggerate scope. If the person said 'helped supervise,' write 'assisted in supervising,' not 'led.'
- Do not fabricate experience, dates, benefit amounts, eligibility, medical facts, or outcomes.
- Every accomplishment must be something the person can defend in a behavioral interview without embellishing.
- If the duties description is too vague to produce honest accomplishments, ask one clarifying question before drafting.

## Variables

- YOUR NAME
- BRANCH OF SERVICE
- JOB TITLE OR SPECIALTY
- DUTIES AS YOU PERFORMED THEM
- TIME PERIOD
- STANDOUT EVENTS OR SITUATIONS

## Input checklist

- [ ] Write your duties as stories, not a list. The more detail you give about a specific situation, the better the accomplishment statement will be.
- [ ] Include numbers where you have them: how many people, how many assets, how often, how long, what was the outcome.
- [ ] Note any awards, commendations, or performance evaluations you received during this period, even briefly.
- [ ] Remove your Social Security number and personal identifying data before pasting any service record, and never include classified or operationally sensitive information.
- [ ] If you are not sure what counts as an accomplishment, describe your three busiest or most stressful days and let the AI find the achievements inside them.

## Verification checklist

- [ ] Read each accomplishment statement and ask: can I tell this story in a 3-minute behavioral interview without adding anything that is not true?
- [ ] Check every number in the output: did you supply that figure, or did the AI invent it? Any number you did not provide must be replaced with your real number or removed.
- [ ] Confirm that every action verb matches the actual scope of your role. 'Led' means you were in charge. 'Assisted' means you supported someone in charge.
- [ ] Check the 'Buried in your duties' section: are those things you actually did, or things a generic holder of your job code would have done?
- [ ] Confirm no clearance level, award, or certification appears that you did not mention.
- [ ] Do not paste these statements directly onto your resume without reviewing them against a real job posting first.

## Sample output

Sample output. Generated by AI from sample inputs:

Service member: Marcus Hale, Army, 92A, Staff Sergeant. Duties: processed supply requests for a company-sized unit, maintained inventory for 80 vehicles, ran monthly audits, trained new soldiers on GCSS-Army, resolved a major parts shortage during a deployment readiness inspection. Time period: 2020 to 2024. Standout: caught a $40,000 inventory discrepancy during an audit that another team had missed for two cycles.

Accomplishment statements:
- Maintained parts inventory for 80 vehicles across a company-sized unit with zero reportable shortages during two annual readiness inspections
- Identified and corrected a $40,000 inventory discrepancy during a routine audit, resolving an error that had persisted for two accounting cycles
- Trained [NUMBER] soldiers on GCSS-Army supply procedures, reducing data entry errors during the first 90 days of their assignment [Note: please supply the number of soldiers trained]
- Processed an average of [NUMBER] supply requests per week with [NUMBER] percent accuracy over four years [Note: please supply request volume and accuracy figures if available]
- Resolved a critical parts shortage during a deployment readiness inspection, coordinating with vendors to source [NUMBER] components within [TIMEFRAME]

Buried in your duties:
- Running monthly audits on a fleet of 80 vehicles: most civilian hiring managers in logistics and operations have never managed an inventory that large. This is a real differentiator.
- Catching a $40,000 discrepancy: to a civilian employer, this demonstrates attention to detail and financial integrity. It is not routine.
- Training new soldiers on a complex software system: this is adult training and onboarding work, which maps directly to corporate training roles.

## Customization notes

Run this prompt for each major assignment or duty station rather than trying to cover your whole career at once. Focused input produces better output. If you have a copy of your performance evaluations or award citations, paste the key phrases into the standout events field and let the AI convert the military language into civilian accomplishment statements. For service members separating at the senior enlisted or officer level, the accomplishment statements should reflect organizational impact, not individual tasks.

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From The Military Transition & SkillBridge Library at vetslearn.com/libraries/transition