Writing Style
Short, active sentences that lead with what you achieved, not what you were responsible for.
A recruiter spends seconds, not minutes, on a first pass. Every line has to work on its own: strong verb, concrete outcome, no throat-clearing.
Start with a verb, not a job description
Cut "Responsible for," "Duties included," and "Worked on." Open every bullet with what you did: Led, Built, Cut, Negotiated, Shipped. It reads like an achievement, not a chore list, and it's shorter too.
Quantify whenever the number exists
A number turns a claim into evidence. "Improved checkout speed" is an opinion; "Cut checkout time from 4.2s to 1.1s" is a fact a reader can trust. No exact figure? A reasonable estimate ("roughly," "about") still beats none.
Cut infrastructure costs 30% by migrating batch jobs to spot instances.
Was responsible for successfully helping with various cost-saving initiatives.
Words to delete on sight
- "successfully": the fact of listing it already implies success
- "various" / "several": name the actual thing
- "responsible for" / "in charge of": replace with the verb for what you did
- "helped with": say what your specific contribution was
- "hard-working," "team player": show it with a result instead of claiming it
Put it into practice
Build your resume in Fit The Role and these principles are already built into the editor and templates.