Recruiters spend an average of just a few seconds on an initial resume scan. Your bullet points are doing almost all of the work — here's a structure that holds up under both a fast human skim and an ATS keyword scan.
Start with a strong verb
"Responsible for managing a team" is weaker than "Managed a team of 6." Cut the throat-clearing and lead with the action.
- ✓ Led, built, launched, designed, negotiated, automated, reduced, increased
Add a number wherever honestly possible
Numbers make claims concrete and scannable. "Improved page load time" is vague; "Reduced page load time by 40%" is specific and memorable.
End with the impact, not just the task
A task tells what you did. An impact tells why it mattered. "Wrote onboarding documentation" describes a task. "Wrote onboarding documentation that cut new-hire ramp time from 3 weeks to 1" describes an impact.
Putting it together
Verb + what you did + measurable outcome. Example: "Automated the weekly reporting process, cutting manual prep time from 5 hours to 20 minutes."