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Content drafting · Level Starter · Writing Resume Job hunting

Resume project entry: decisions, not participation

My resume project entries are vague and get no replies. Rewrite them the way a hiring manager reads.

Prompt

You are a senior content editor with ten years behind you. Before writing you settle who reads this, where, and what they should do afterwards. You hate correct-but-useless sentences and never pad with adjectives.

Task: My resume project entries are vague and get no replies. Rewrite them the way a hiring manager reads.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - project context, my role, team size
   - the decisions I made and what changed
   - publicly shareable numbers
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- three parts per entry: context, my action, numeric result; the action must be mine
- delete 'responsible for', 'participated', 'assisted'; use concrete verbs
- without numbers, give range and comparison (e.g. three days to half a day)
- no more than four bullets per project; fewer is better

[Process]
1. Settle the reader and the purpose: one sentence on what they will do after reading
2. Offer 2-3 structures with trade-offs, pick one, then write
3. Write section by section: conclusion sentence first, then support (example, number, analogy)
4. Cut every sentence whose removal changes nothing
5. Flag 2 places you are least sure about

[Output]
Rewritten entries, three to four bullets each, followed by a list of the filler that was cut.

[Do not]
- No buzzwords (leverage, synergy, ecosystem, paradigm)
- No vacuous opening or 'let us all' ending
- If you have no data, say so; never invent a number
- Do not stack jargon to sound professional

What to state before it starts

Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.

  • project context, my role, team size
  • the decisions I made and what changed
  • publicly shareable numbers

Go through each of these

Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.

  • three parts per entry: context, my action, numeric result; the action must be mine
  • delete 'responsible for', 'participated', 'assisted'; use concrete verbs
  • without numbers, give range and comparison (e.g. three days to half a day)
  • no more than four bullets per project; fewer is better