Resume word review
Is "Improved" Hurting Your Resume?
Hiring Manager Verdict
'Improved' without a number is a claim, not evidence. Improved by 2%? By half? Compared to what? The word itself is fine — it's the missing measurement that makes a hiring manager shrug. Put a number after it or expect it to be skimmed past.
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Raising results
- strengthened
- elevated
- boosted
Fixing processes
- streamlined
- overhauled
- refined
Growing quality
- enhanced
- sharpened
- upgraded
How it reads in a resume bullet
- ExampleStreamlined the receiving process, cutting dock-to-floor time noticeably within one quarter.
- ExampleOverhauled scheduling to match labor to peak traffic patterns.
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