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Career & communication · course 60 of 105

Resume Bullets From Weak to Strongest

Tell a weak resume bullet from a strong one: specific, active, action words and numbers, what to leave out, and how to pick the strongest of four lines for the same job.

3 modules

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What it teaches

The rules a university career office gives for resume bullets (Harvard’s Mignone Center for Career Success): specific, active, fact-based language that uses action words, and the things to leave out (I and We, abbreviations, a narrative style, slang, a date at the start of each line). Then naming the rule a weak bullet breaks, and picking the strongest of four bullets for the same job. The AI asks 3 questions, places you, shows a short card per module, then gives you one item at a time.

How long

26 items. About 25-40 rounds plus a 12-item final: 1-2 sessions (estimate, not timed with a real student). The tutor gives a one-line save code at the end of each session.

The modules

3 modules, drilled one item at a time.

  1. M0

    What the guide asks for

    What the guide asks for: specific, active, fact-based, and what to leave out

  2. M1

    Which rule does it break?

    Which of the guide’s rules does this made-up bullet break?

  3. M2

    Pick the strongest bullet

    Pick the strongest bullet (four options)

Before it teaches, it asks

  1. 1
    What job are you applying for, and in a few words what does one of your current resume bullets say? Leave out employer names, phone numbers and addresses.
  2. 2
    A bullet on a resume: “Was given the task of training 15 new hires on the returns system, which cut returns errors by 30%.” Which rule from the guide does it break?
  3. 3
    A support agent handled tickets. Which bullet is strongest by the guide?
    A) Handled lots of tickets.
    B) Tickets were handled quickly and well.
    C) Resolved 1,200 support tickets in 6 months with a 95% satisfaction score.
    D) Jan 2025 to Jun 2025: resolved support tickets.

What’s exact, and what isn’t

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Straight from the course’s own notes.

Quoted rules
Every rule is quoted from the guide’s lists; 19 quotes matched on the live page 2026-10-11.
Checked by script, where a rule is mechanical
Every right answer in the pick-the-strongest drill starts with a verb from the guide’s own Action Verbs list (227 verbs), has a number, and has no I/We, leading date or abbreviation; every wrong option fails one of those or breaks a rule named on its line; M1 bullets that break a mechanical rule are checked to break it.
Judgment calls
Which rule a made-up bullet “really” breaks (passive vs too general, for example) is the builder’s reading; items list a second rule as right where it fairly applies.
Whose advice
One university career office’s guide, not a hiring standard. The course never promises interviews.
Not in it yet
Writing your own bullets with feedback, layout and templates, cover letters, tailoring to a job ad.