Build Your Bullet Points

Here all you need to build your bullet points:

  • Start

  • action verbs

  • METRICS

  • SAMPLE BULLET POINTS

Here's the specific framework how you should build your bullet points:

  • Start your bullet point with a strong Action Verb that describes and shows your soft skill (e.g. Created, Managed, Spearheaded, etc).
  • Briefly describe the task.
  • Quantify your impact using numbers and metrics. Did your achievement save time for your company? Increase revenue? While you might not be able to do this for every bullet point, do it where you can.

Here's the checklist to make sure your bullet points are well built:

  • Don't use fillers (e.g. 'various', 'multiple'). Instead, be specific by using numbers (e.g. Don't say you 'implemented various features'. Instead, say you 'implemented 10+ features').
  • Accomplishments, not responsibilities: your bullet points should always tell the recruiter or hiring manager what you accomplished, and not what you do on a day to day basis. If you find yourself starting your bullet point with 'Responsible for' or a weak verb like 'Assisted', you're likely writing about your responsibilities and not your accomplishments. Similarly, if you use the present tense, there's a pretty good chance you've just listed a responsibility - it's hard for something you have accomplished to be written in the present tense (e.g. use 'Managed', not 'Managing').
  • Remove personal pronouns (e.g. I, my, their). It is understood that your resume is written about you and your experiences, and personal pronouns just take up space and increase wordiness.
  • 1-2 lines long. Short, succinct bullet points are key to your resume's readability. Blobs of text, that is bullets or paragraphs that are three lines or longer, are likely to not be read.

​Now that you understood how to build your bullet point, click on the next tabs to build your own!