You might have come across the STAR method, which stands for Situation, Task, Action, Result. It's usually known as an effective framework for answering interview questions.
But it's also effective to use when writing your resume. I'll break down what it means, as well as give you an example of how to use it in practice.
First, here's what STAR stands for...
Situation: What was the context of the problem?
Task: What was the task that needed to be solved?
Action: What exactly did you do?
Result: What was the outcome?
When writing your resume's bullet points, you should aim to touch on as many as you can. It's clearer with a real example:
Designed an email toolkit and style guide to enable teams to quickly build mobile-responsive emails and maintain visual consistency; led to time savings of 5+ hours per week
Let's break down how it uses the STAR approach:
Situation/Task: Enable teams need to build responsive emails.
Action: Created design components like a toolkit.
Result: Saved time!
Because bullet points need to be concise, the situation and task, or the action and result, might both be the same thing.
🎯 You should use a tool like Score My Resume to find out if your resume is effective enough. It'll analyze each line on your resume, plus the Magic Write feature will write bullet points for you that use the STAR method.
It’ll also give you ideas on how to quantify your bullet points, even if you haven't worked in a sales role or don't have access to numbers.
