Use work experience to explain what you were responsible for, what you did and what resulted. Put the most relevant evidence first and keep titles, employers and dates accurate. A clear description of delivered work is useful even when no reliable metric exists.
The Achievement Formula: Context + Action + Result
A useful bullet often combines context, your action and a supported result. State the problem or responsibility, the part you performed and what changed or was delivered. Do not imply that you owned a whole team result when you contributed one part. A completed report, resolved issue or implemented process can be a valid result without a percentage.
Use numbers only when you can support them
Use a number only when you have a reliable basis and can explain the measure, period and your contribution. A documented workload or project scope may be enough. Label an estimate as an estimate and do not present a guess as a measured improvement. If no reliable number exists, describe the deliverable, method or responsibility clearly.
How Many Bullets Per Role
Give more space to recent or especially relevant work and less to repetitive or unrelated roles. A few concise bullets per role can be a starting point, but there is no universal minimum or maximum. Keep enough context to explain your responsibilities and strongest evidence without padding the page.
Action Verbs That Signal Impact Level
Choose a verb that matches your actual role. Led, designed, supported, analysed and coordinated mean different things. Supporting someone else’s work can be valuable; do not replace supported with led just to sound more senior. Follow the verb with a concrete task and, where available, a supported result.
Protect the facts during a rewrite
Check each employer, title and date after importing a document. Review rewritten bullets for invented metrics, broader ownership or tools you never used. When a result was not measured, describe the action and known scope without adding a percentage. Keep the original version until you have compared the whole role. Export and reopen the final document to catch a missing bullet or a heading separated from its content.
- Keep titles, employers and dates accurate.
- Explain context, your action and the supported result.
- Use numbers only when you can explain their basis.
- Give relevant recent work enough detail and shorten repetition.
- Choose verbs that match your actual responsibility.
- Keep confidential or identifying information out of examples.