How to Improve Resume Bullet Points

🔊 Quantify the results on your resume. Show, don't tell. My broken record guidance of the day is to expand beyond the task of your role by including measurable accomplishments. This is the hardest undertaking of writing a resume, whether you outsource it (because a resume writer worth their dime should be asking you these questions) or take the job on yourself. I've included a sprinkling of prompts that will help you brainstorm those outcomes: ✅ Customer Acquisition: How many new customers did you bring in? Example: "Developed and executed a marketing campaign that brought in 500 new customers in three months." ✅Training and Development Impact: How did your training initiatives impact employee performance? Example: "Designed and delivered a training program that resulted in a 30% increase in employee productivity." ✅ Project Completion Ahead of Schedule: Did your leadership contribute to projects being completed ahead of schedule? Example: "Led a cross-functional team that completed a complex software development project two weeks ahead of the deadline." ✅ Innovation Metrics: What innovations did your team introduce, and how were they measured? Example: "Led a team that developed a groundbreaking feature, increasing user engagement by 25% and receiving industry recognition." ✅Cost-Efficiency in Development: How did you contribute to cost-efficient development processes? Example: "Introduced automated testing, reducing testing costs by 25% and improving code reliability." ✅Sales Revenue Influence: How did your marketing strategies contribute to increased sales revenue? Example: "Implemented a new product launch strategy that led to a 25% increase in sales revenue." A simple way to think about transforming a task-oriented bullet point in your resume to include impact is by asking "and then what happened?" Whether it be KPIs, qualitative assessments (like feedback), or value creation--there is an opportunity for you to showcase your unique contributions. #resumetips

I see tons of posts about the importance of impact on resume bullets, but never see any on how to highlight your impact. When I built my resume, I focused on these 6 broad themes and added my previous accomplishments .   Here are some rough impact examples: Customer Feedback ➡ Resulting in increased customer satisfaction and multiple exclusive customer agreements Budget ➡ Resulting in reduced spend by $185K or 45%/ Resulting in increased revenue by $475K or 29% Process Improvements ➡ Resulting in reduced manual work time from 6 hours to 40 minutes Recognition ➡ Resulting in formal recognition by being awarded X by the organization Timelines ➡ Resulting in delivered projects 25% under initial timeline projections Operations ➡ Resulting in a 12% production increase over a 3 month period My impact was both qualitative AND/OR quantitative. Quantitative helps provide the added context for the reader on why it matters, but I didn’t have it for 100% of my bullets. Break down some big wins through your career. Then think about the actions you took to get that win. That’s the foundation for your bullet. Add some details to show why the win was significant. You’ve got your bullet. Impact connects whoever’s reading your resume on why that win was important. PS: Audit your impact bullets to make sure they are significant AND relevant. This will help to prioritize what to include if you’re having trouble.   

Here’s the 4-step process I used to craft resume bullets to help my client land a $200k offer. 1. List out heavy hitting accomplishments. Doesn’t matter if they’re big or small, just get them onto a piece of paper. Examples: - Started a mentorship program - Helped a team spend less time with a task - Increased unique users for an app 2. Determine how you measured success in what you accomplished - Choose metrics that quantify the impact. Examples: - Had 50 people sign up for Q2 mentorship - Reduced 4 hours from a 16 hr process - Added 1.3k new users in 12 weeks 3. List out the actions you took, in order, to achieve the accomplishment. Examples: - Built curriculum, advertised program, etc. - Performed times studies, ran a pilot, etc. - hired a UX designer, overhauled website. 4. Order the information into the following format: “Accomplished ‘Step 1’ by measure of ‘Step 2’ by doing ‘Step 3’ Simple right? The first pass will not be perfect, but it will give you an idea of what an effective bullet looks like. Improve from here. *Note: Yes, this is Google’s XYZ formula for resume writing. We also use other formats to construct effective bullets. It all depends on the target audience. - - - Did you find this helpful? Re-post it ♻️ Follow, Adam for daily job search tips. #jobsearchstrategies #careertips #resumetips