How to quantify your resume bullet points, with before and after examples
Short answer
Rewrite each bullet as action + what you did + a number that shows the result. Ask: how many (people, tickets, orders), how much (money, time saved), how fast (turnaround) or how often (per week). If you do not know the exact figure, use an honest estimate you can explain, such as about 40 a day.
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Before and after
Before: Handled support tickets.
After: Resolved about 40 support tickets a day with a 95% satisfaction score.
Before: Responsible for social media.
After: Grew the shop's Instagram from 1,200 to 5,000 followers in 8 months.
Before: Helped with month-end close.
After: Cut month-end close from 6 days to 4 by automating 3 reconciliations.
Formula: [Action verb] + [what] + [number] + [result]Good to know
Only use numbers you can explain in an interview; an honest estimate beats an invented figure.
Not every bullet needs a number, but your strongest two or three per job should have one.
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What if my job had no numbers?
Count something: people trained, documents processed, hours saved, how often you did it.
How many bullets per job?
Three to five for recent jobs, fewer for older ones.
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