{"id":446,"date":"2025-02-13T11:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:00:43","slug":"sar-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/resume-cover-letter-cv-guides\/sar-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"SAR Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        SAR Statements\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Your resume must contain concise bullet points to describe your experiences. SAR statements effectively outline your accomplishments in a simple, informative way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Situation:&nbsp;<\/strong>Scenarios you have had to deal with in your experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Action:<\/strong>&nbsp;What you did to resolve the problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Result:<\/strong>\u00a0Outcomes that resulted from your actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/sar-statement.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/sar-statement.png 422w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/sar-statement-320x196.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"example\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Reorganized a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Situation: cluttered office supply store,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Result: which led to a 20% increase in sales of merchandise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Placing a strong verb at the start of the statement can grab the attention of the reader, and will convey important tasks and information to the employer quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"questions-to-consider\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions to consider<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What tasks did you complete (what did you do and how?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What skills did you use when you took action on the problem?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What obstacles were you required to overcome?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What was the result, outcome, significance or conclusion?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your resume must contain concise bullet points to describe your experiences. SAR statements effectively outline your accomplishments in a simple, informative way. Situation:&nbsp;Scenarios you have had to deal with in your experience Action:&nbsp;What you did to resolve the problem? 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