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How to write resume bullet points that get read
Most people skim a resume. Strong bullets make the skim work for you: one clear action and one clear result per line.
The formula
Start with a strong verb, say what you did, then say what changed because of it. Action, object, result.
- Weak: Responsible for customer emails.
- Better: Answered customer emails within one business day and wrote replies the team reused.
- Better with a real number: Cleared a 300-email backlog in two weeks.
When you do not have numbers
Many jobs never tracked numbers. That is fine. Describe scope (how many people, how often, how large) or the change you made (a new process, a fixed problem, a trained teammate). Never guess a percentage.
Verbs that work
Built, led, cut, fixed, trained, launched, organized, reduced, handled, wrote. Avoid "helped with" and "responsible for" when you can name what you actually did.
How many bullets
Three to five for recent roles, one or two for older ones. Each bullet should fit on one or two lines.
Check a bullet for free
Paste a line into the free resume bullet checker. It flags weak openers, filler words and missing results in your browser, and nothing is saved.