{"id":"job-resume-bullets","audience":"job-seekers","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn rough work notes into honest resume bullets","free":true,"task":"You're applying for an Operations Coordinator job and want resume bullets that match the posting. You need exactly 4 bullets, under 75 words in total, plain text so they paste cleanly into the application form, and nothing else in the output. Every bullet must be true: the posting asks for things you have not done, and one number in your notes was later corrected. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes and the job posting (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY NOTES (Jordan Ellis, shift lead at Brightway Home Goods warehouse, 2022-now)\n- ran the morning shift, 3 people under me\n- packed and checked about 40 orders a day, got our error rate down from about 5% to 2%\n- set up new labels for the returns shelf so returns get processed in 2 days instead of a week\n- cut late deliveries by 20%?? -> wait, checked the report again, it was 12%. use 12.\n- helped track the shift supply budget in a spreadsheet (my manager owned the budget, I just entered receipts)\n- trained 6 new hires on the handheld scanners\n- saw a demo of SAP once at a vendor day, never actually used it\n- employee of the month, March 2023\n- also really into fantasy football lol\n\nJOB POSTING: Operations Coordinator, Valley Fresh Foods (Fresno, CA)\nWe're looking for someone who:\n- Manages a department budget\n- Uses SAP daily to track inventory\n- Trains and supports warehouse staff\n- Improves on-time delivery\n- Keeps order accuracy high\nFull-time, Monday to Friday. $24-$27 per hour.","rules":[{"type":"maxBullets","max":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":75},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Letting the AI match the posting","why":"The AI tries to make you fit the job, so it happily writes \"Managed department budget\" or \"Used SAP daily\" because the posting asks for them.","fix":"Add: \"Use only true facts from my notes. I have never used SAP or managed a budget.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the corrected number","why":"The AI may grab the first figure it sees, so the 20% you crossed out ends up on your resume.","fix":"Add: \"Where my notes correct a number, use the correction.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many bullets","why":"The AI rewrites every line of your notes, giving you 7 or 8 bullets plus a skills list.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 bullets, the ones that best match the posting.\"","checks":["maxBullets"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 75 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead, like \"each line under 15 words,\" so the total lands near 60.","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting a report instead of bullets","why":"AI adds a heading, an intro, bold text and a list of tips, none of which you can paste into a form.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold or headings. Output only the 4 bullets.\"","checks":["plainText","r0"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many bullets","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,15}bullet","bullet.{0,20}\\b(4|four)\\b"]},{"label":"Keeps it to true facts","patterns":["only.{0,25}(true|notes|facts)","don't (invent|make up|claim|add)","do not (invent|make up|claim|add)","never claim","sap"]},{"label":"Uses the corrected number","patterns":["12\\s*%","correct","update"]},{"label":"Sets a size limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"The AI wants you to get the job, so it will stretch the truth to match the posting. Tell it how many bullets, how long, which claims are off-limits, and which number is right.","rubricLabels":["Output is only the bullets: no title, intro line, explanation, or tips before or after them","Does not claim Jordan used SAP or managed or owned a budget (helping track a budget or entering receipts is fine)","If it mentions late or on-time deliveries, it uses 12% (not 20%). Leaving deliveries out entirely also passes"]}