Can you help me with the wording of this sentence?
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April 19th, 2013
It in a resume, so I’m not using pronouns. This sentence refers to my job description of a business I once owned. One of the things I did was compare prices and quality of parts that I ordered, so the ordering and quality and cost comparisons are all tied in together. I’m tripping over the italicized words.
Controlled AP, AR, payroll, purchasing and quality and cost comparisons, filing and tracking warranty claims and maintained inventory.
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Disclaimer: I have no experience with the skills you’re trying to describe, so I may have misunderstood what you’ve written.
You might consider moving the italicized part to the end of the sentence:
Controlling AP, AR, payroll, filing and tracking warranty claims, maintaining inventory, and purchasing, quality and cost comparisons.
Keeping your tenses and punctuation consistent also helps to improve clarity. The first part of the sentence is still ambiguous to my eye, though. Which are being controlled? Just AP? Or is it AP, AR, and payroll?
Thanks for the response. I see what you mean by the tenses. I’ll fix those.
I controlled EVERYTHING that was office related…Accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, ordering, you name it.
Hmm. Maybe try something like, “Controlling all of the following: AP, AR, ... etc.”
How about “Controlled all office procedures, including AP, AR…..”?
I like the idea of moving it to the end, but I’d switch it to something like “compared cost and quality in relation to purchasing”.
Also, rather than “controlled”, I’d go with “managed”.
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