Accomplishments

Track your professional wins, learnings, and achievements with olllo’s accomplishment tracking system - designed with privacy and career growth in mind.

What is an Accomplishment?

An accomplishment is any professional achievement worth remembering. This can include:

• Project Milestones: Shipped a feature, completed a project phase
• Problem Solving: Fixed a critical bug, optimized performance
• Leadership: Mentored a team member, led a meeting
• Collaboration: Facilitated a successful partnership, resolved a conflict

What is outside the scope of an accomplishment?

• Learning: Mastered a new technology, completed a certification (Future feature)
• Recognition: Received positive feedback, won an award (Future feature)
• Personal Life: Events outside of work, such as family, friends, or hobbies
• Non-Work Related: Events that are not related to your professional work
• Non-Professional: Events that are not related to your professional work
• Non-Professional: Events that are not related to your professional work

Logging Accomplishments

Quick Capture (Draft Mode)

For rapid logging without refinement:

1. Click “New Accomplishment” or use the quick-add input
2. Enter a brief description using @-mentions
3. Click Save
4. Your accomplishment is saved as a Draft

STAR Refinement

Transform your draft accomplishments into structured, interview-ready stories using the STAR method:

• Situation - The context or challenge
• Task - Your responsibility or goal
• Action - What you did specifically
• Result - The measurable outcome

When to Refine Now

Choose “Refine now” when:

• You have a few minutes for a guided conversation
• Details are fresh in your mind
• You want a polished, interview-ready story

When to Refine Later

Choose “Refine later” when:

• You’re doing a quick brain dump
• You’ll add details later
• You want to batch refinements weekly/monthly

STAR Refinement Process

When you click “Refine now”, olllo guides you through a conversational refinement:

1. Situation/Task: AI asks about the context and your role
2. Action: AI helps you detail specific steps you took
3. Result: AI prompts for measurable outcomes

The AI will:

• Ask follow-up questions if sections are incomplete
• Suggest ways to quantify impact
• Help you avoid PII in your refined version

Viewing Refined Accomplishments

Click any Refined accomplishment to view:

• Your complete STAR story
• Copy to clipboard

Status Badges

Your accomplishments have clear status indicators:

• Draft (Yellow): Quick capture, not yet refined
• Refined (Green): Complete STAR format, interview-ready

Privacy-First Design

How olllo Protects Your Data

olllo uses @-mentions instead of real names to keep your accomplishments private and portable:

❌ Bad (Contains PII): "Worked with Jane Doe from Acme Corp"
✅ Good (Privacy-safe): "Worked with @DirectManager from @MainClient"

Why this matters:

• Your accomplishments never contain identifiable information
• You can safely export and share your achievements
• Your professional record stays with you, not tied to specific people or companies

Using @-Mentions

When logging an accomplishment, reference people and companies using @-mentions:

1. Type @ to open the contacts dropdown
2. Select an existing contact or create a new label
3. The real name is encrypted and stored separately
4. Your accomplishment text only contains the label

Learn more: See Contacts Documentation for managing your @-mention labels.

PII Detection & Protection

olllo automatically scans your accomplishment text for personally identifiable information:

If real names or company names are detected, you’ll be prompted to:

1. Create a contact with a privacy-safe label (e.g., @DirectManager)
2. Replace the PII with the label
3. Submit your accomplishment safely

Protected entities:

• Personal names (e.g., “Jane Doe” → @DirectManager)
• Company names (e.g., “Acme Corp” → @MainClient)
• Product names that could identify companies

Best Practices

Log Regularly

• Daily brain dumps: Capture wins while fresh (use Draft mode)
• Weekly refinement: Batch-refine 3-5 drafts into STAR stories
• Monthly review: Export refined accomplishments for performance reviews

Use Meaningful @-Mention Labels

Create labels that you’ll remember:

✅ Good labels:
- @DirectManager
- @SeniorEngineer
- @ProductLead
- @MainClient
- @DesignTeam
 
❌ Vague labels:
- @Person1
- @Manager
- @Client

Quantify Results

The AI will help you find metrics, but think about:

• Users impacted: “Improved experience for 50K+ users”
• Time saved: “Reduced deploy time from 2h to 15min”
• Revenue: “Generated $200K in annual savings”
• Performance: “Decreased load time by 60%”
• Quality: “Reduced bug reports by 75%“

Small Wins Matter

Don’t wait for major achievements:

✅ Worth logging:
- Helped @Intern debug their first production issue
- Documented a complex API endpoint
- Gave constructive feedback in code review
- Organized team knowledge-sharing session

Using Accomplishments

Performance Reviews

Export refined accomplishments to:

• Prepare for 1-on-1s with your manager
• Write self-assessments with concrete examples
• Build a promotion case with quantified impact

Interview Preparation

Your refined accomplishments are ready-to-use STAR stories:

1. Filter by skill or project type
2. Review STAR breakdowns
3. Practice delivering them confidently

Career Development

Review your accomplishment history to:

• Identify skill patterns and gaps
• Spot your biggest impact areas
• Set goals for future achievements

Tip: Connect accomplishments to your career goals to track progress. Use activities to plan the next steps that will lead to future accomplishments.

Searching & Filtering

Find accomplishments quickly:

• Filter by status: View all drafts to batch-refine
• Search by keyword: Find specific @-mentions, skills, or projects
• Sort by date: See your most recent wins

Privacy & Data Ownership

Your accomplishments are:

• Encrypted: All @-mention real names use AES-256-GCM encryption
• Private by default: Only you have access
• Portable: Export anytime in multiple formats
• PII-free: Safe to share without revealing identities

Your data, your control: olllo never sees the real names behind your @-mentions. They’re encrypted client-side before storage.

Ready to start? Log your first accomplishment and build your privacy-safe professional record.