Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. Your resume (the document that lists your work) has the line "Answered customer emails". Which rewrite is strongest, if the numbers are real?
Each line under a job on your resume is a bullet. If your bullets read like a job description, recruiters skim past them.
A strong bullet has three parts: an action verb, what you did, and a result. Add a number when you have a real one.
Laszlo Bock, who ran hiring at Google, popularized a simple shape for this, the X-Y-Z formula: accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]. In plain words: the result, the number that proves it, and how you did it.
Before and after
Switch between weak and strong bullets.
Weak
Customer support: Responsible for handling customer complaints Software: Worked on the checkout page and fixed bugs Marketing: Ran social media and created engaging content Fresher, college project: Worked on a college attendance project
Each strong bullet starts with a verb, says what was done and gives the proof. The numbers here are examples. Yours must be real.
Fill the gaps
Build one strong bullet from the X-Y-Z parts.
Bullet
late invoice payments from by .
Cut the words that give AI away
Some words make a bullet read as machine written. Strip them out:
| Instead of | Write |
|---|---|
| spearheaded | led, built, ran |
| results-driven | delete it and state the real result |
| dynamic | delete it |
| passionate | delete it |
| responsible for | start with the verb you actually did |
Try it
Your steps, about 1 minutes
- 1.Pick 3 bullets on your resume you're not happy with. For each, mark what's missing: the verb, the result or a real number.1 min