Work Achievements and Evidence Log

Who this is for

The things you did at work, written down while you still remember them. Each line records what you did, what came of it, who saw it or where the evidence is, the skills it showed and whether it has been used yet in a CV, an application or a review.

Anyone who sits down to update a CV or prepare for an appraisal and finds the year has gone blank — which is most people.

What this helps you track

• Achievements dated and described in your own words, as they happen
• The result, in figures or outcomes where there are any
• Who witnessed it or where the evidence is — a report, an email, a number
• The skills each one demonstrates, for matching to a job advert later
• Which ones you have already used, so a CV does not repeat itself

How to use it

1. Write your name, your role and the period the log covers at the top.
2. Whenever something goes well — a problem solved, a deadline hit, a piece of praise — add a line the same week.
3. Write the result plainly: what changed, what it saved, what it produced. A figure is worth having where there is one.
4. Record who saw it or where the evidence sits, so you can point to it later.
5. Note the skills it showed, in the words a job advert or a review form would use.
6. Tick the used column when an item has gone into a CV, an application or a review, and read the unticked ones next time you need material.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

What counts as an achievement?

Anything you would be glad to be asked about. Small things count — the sheet is for the ordinary weeks that get forgotten, not only for the big projects.

Why record who saw it?

Because a reference, a review or an interview may want someone who can confirm it, and because it reminds you which colleague or manager to mention.

Is this a CPD log?

No. The CPD log records learning. This records doing — the results of applying it, which is what an appraisal and a CV are made from.

Should I keep it at work or at home?

It is yours, so keep it where you will still have it after you leave. The browser version saves in your own browser on the device you use.