# Resume Bullet Builder

**Time:** 25 minutes\
**Use it for:** Turning classes, campus work, jobs, and projects into accurate, evidence-backed resume bullets.

Start with one experience and describe your part in it. A finished project, a task you improved, or useful feedback can give you something specific to say. Use numbers only when you can check them.

## 1. Choose one experience

Pick a class project, campus role, part-time job, volunteer commitment, or personal project that relates to the work you want. Separate what the group did from what you personally owned.

- Experience, course, organization, or project:\
  ________________________________________________________________
- What goal or problem existed before you started?\
  ________________________________________________________________
- Which part was specifically yours?\
  ________________________________________________________________

## 2. Gather details you can check

List records you can check, such as a final file, schedule, grade rubric, repository, event count, supervisor feedback, or audience size. Use numbers only when you can trace them to a source; a precise description is better than an invented estimate.

- Deliverable or change you can point to:\
  ________________________________________________________________
- Verified scope: people, files, weeks, items, or another useful unit:\
  ________________________________________________________________
- Where could you re-check this fact later?\
  ________________________________________________________________

## 3. Build the bullet

Draft one line using **action + task + method + outcome**. Keep the outcome proportional to your evidence. If the work was collaborative, name your contribution without taking credit for the whole team.

- Action verb that accurately describes your role: ______________________
- What did you make, analyze, improve, organize, or support?\
  ________________________________________________________________
- What changed, finished, or became clearer as a result?\
  ________________________________________________________________

**Draft bullet:**\
________________________________________________________________\
________________________________________________________________

## 4. Check that the bullet is clear and accurate

Read the bullet against your evidence and the target role. Remove jargon, unexplained acronyms, inflated verbs, and confidential details. Ask a classmate, advisor, or supervisor who knows the work whether the line is both clear and true.

- [ ] Every number and outcome has a source I can re-check.
- [ ] The bullet distinguishes my work from the team's work.
- [ ] A reader can understand it without insider knowledge.
- [ ] Confidential or identifying details are removed.
- [ ] The relevant skill is visible without exaggeration.

**Final bullet:**\
________________________________________________________________\
________________________________________________________________

## Source

- Harvard College, Mignone Center for Career Success: [Guide to Creating a Strong Resume](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/resources/create-a-strong-resume/)