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4 must-haves of a resume bullet point
The STAR method isn't enough, you're missing this...
Michael Ly
10 Sep
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🚀 4 must-haves to an awesome resume bullet point
A specific project or product
Powerful action-orientated words
A clear solution or result
Quantify where you can
☑️ A before and after example from my own resume
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4 Must-Haves of a Bullet Point
🔵 The STAR method isn’t enough, your resume needs to tell a story.
You’ve probably revised your resume countless times, and you’ve probably heard this advice countless times:
"Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result).”
While it’s a good start, it’s not enough to make a great resume bullet point.
What most people forget is the storytelling.
What do I mean by this? Let’s go through the 4 steps to creating a great bullet point, and then a specific example.
1. A Project or Product
Just like any story, there’s a main character.
The main character of your bullet point will be the project or product you were involved in.
What was it that you worked on? Be specific.
Once you’ve identified that, you can begin writing,
2. Powerful Action-Orientated Words
The bullet point should start off strong.
So avoid using words like:
contributed
assisted
participated
helped
These words do not give off the impression that you did meaningful work.
Recruiters are looking for ownership. For that, you use words like:
tackled
spearheaded
developed
created
3. A Clear Solution or Result
You identified what you worked on, now you need to explain its impact.
Most people make the mistake of forgetting this.
They mention the output, but not the outcome.
For example, you worked on this cool project or built this neat app.
Ok that’s great and all, but what did it actually achieve?
This leads us to our 4 and final point.
4. Quantify Where Possible
The holy grail of any bullet point.
Your work saved your company money? Ok, then by how much?
Your project increased your team’s efficiency? Ok then by how much?
The easiest way to present your solution is to add in numbers.
Closing Thoughts:
Now that we’ve gone through the 4 must-haves, let’s put it all together.
In the next section, I have a before and after example from my resume.
See you next Tuesday 🤝
-Michael Ly
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Want a clear example of what a good resume bullet point looks like?
Here’s the before and after (taken from my resume).
BEFORE
Scotiabank
Digital Transformation Analyst
Cooperated with a product owner on a new app. Performed testing in our backend which helped the team to transfer client records over
AFTER
Scotiabank
Digital Transformation Analyst
Cooperated with a product owner on iTrade, Scotiabank’s new trading app. Performed quantitative analysis for the watchlist MVP feature in our UAT environment resulting in the transfer of 1.6 million client records without a single line of code needed
I underlined the changes I made.
See the difference?
By going into detail, and adding numbers, the bullet point does a much better job of showcasing my achievement.
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