Be humble. Even if you are very accomplished or talented, you want to come across like a down-to-earth person. Do not write about yourself to brag. List your accomplishments and your successes, but temper them with some more humble language: Braggy: I'm the best and most dynamic worker at my company right now, so you should want to hire me for my talents. Humble: I was lucky enough to be awarded three employee of the month awards at my current job. Turns out it was a company record. Score 0 / 4 Method 1 Quiz How should you talk about your accomplishments when writing about yourself? Do your best to make them sound impressive. Recount them faithfully, but use humble language. Don't bring them up at all.