Bullet points

A useful way to approach this is to develop your proposal (1) as if key managers are unable to participate in a meeting, but request a full briefing, or (2) as though you have a sudden emergency and a colleague must stand in for you. This means you cannot rely on brief, cryptic bullet points on an overhead slide, or fall back on "I ll cover that in the Q and A." This approach means more work on the front end, but the discipline it requires is likely to pay off in terms of results since it helps assure comprehensive treatment of the subject and a more thorough appreciation from your audience. 

The second bullet point describes a special type of correlation that prevents two electrons of like spin being found at the same point in space, and it applies whenever the particles are fermions. For that reason, it is described as Fermi correlation. 

As can be seen from the various bullet points listed at the beginning of this chapter, the permutations of potential problems by industry, process, equipment type, and specific area are extremely wide. Consequently, to preempt such problems developing, or at least to con-... 

There is not enough space in an overview of this length to do justice to this important topic, covered at length elsewhere, but the following bullet points highlight some the key features of ionic liquids (as a class of materials— not aU ionic liquids possess aU of these properties, but all the properties are exhibited by some ionic liquids) ... 

Bullet points are a handy method for avoiding complex sentence structure and are also convenient for the final user of the document, e.g.,... 

One useful approach to visualising these relationships is to list bullet points for each of the pairs in the manner shown below. In this way key areas are identified although there are not corresponding relationships between individual bullet points. Individual elements of the model are covered more fully in Chapter 7 where method validation is considered as a whole. 

After you have prioritized each piece of information that needs to appear somewhere on your resume, you will need to rewrite the information to fit within the resume format you select. Eor a traditional resume, write consciously and use action words that add impact and emphasis to key points. At the same time, keep your sentences short (under 15 or 20 words each), and determine if bulleted points could communicate information more efficiently. 

Some people think a resume can be thrown together in a matter of minutes, because it s often only one page and typically uses bulleted points or sentence fragments. A resume is actually a rather complex document to create, however, because it has to convey key... 

A functional resume format begins with a heading and objective. Next, include a section that lists "Experience and Accomplishments." Within this section, list one of your skills at a time followed by two to four bulleted points describing what you achieved in the workplace using that skill. When describing your accomplishments, it s appropriate to mention the specific employer. 

Using three to five bullet points, include short, concisely written accomplishments, listed individually. Use specific facts and figures to support your statements. 

List a third achievement and the employer information. Since this is your most marketable skill—the biggest reason why you should be hired, use up to five bullet points. 

When you re ready to begin writing the work experience section of your resume, for a traditional printed resume, begin each sentence, bulleted point, or item of information with an action verb. Appendix A offers an extensive list of words and phrases you can incorporate into this section of your resume. 

After listing each job title and employer in the Employment section of your resume, devise one or two full sentences of text, followed by bulleted points that support that sentence. Using action verbs and short sentences allows you to convey the maximum amount of information in the shortest possible space. As you write, make sure the voice and tense of the text remains consistent. 

Using bulleted points as opposed to paragraphs makes it much easier for someone reading your resume to quickly determine what information you re trying to convey. For example, within your resume you could write ... 

A better way to present this information is to use bulleted points, with each point starting with an action verb or power phrase designed to capture the reader s attention. Using the same information in the previous example, here s a better way to present the facts using bulleted points in a standard chronological resume. Never try to incorporate too much information into a paragraph, sentence, or bulleted item. 

As you can see from Exhibit 5-1, when you have a paragraph or series of bulleted points that use too many different typestyles, it looks extremely unprofessional and busy on the page. However, highlighting a single word in a sentence with bold or italics, for example, can add impact. 

Within your cover letter, it s acceptable to use bulleted points to emphasize key facts, skills, or elements of your work history. Using bulleted lists eliminates the need for long paragraphs of text and can make your cover letters easier to read. 

One way to begin this paragraph is by posing a question (such as, "Don t you need... "), however, a strong opening statement often works best. For this portion of your letter, using bulleted points can save space and allow you to convey more information to the reader quickly. 

Use bulleted points whenever possible to keep your cover letter short yet still get your points across. Each bulleted item should be kept to one or two sentences, using as few words as possible in each sentence. 

Don t waste words. Every line or sentence in your resume should say something important and specific about you, your educational background, your work history, or your accomplishments. All sentences and bulleted points should be short and to the point. Your sentences should be under 20 words each, and all paragraphs should be ten lines or less. Remove redundant words and phrases. 

The following will serve as an easy reference as you complete the practice prompts on the subsequent pages and as you continue to prepare for the Analytical Writing section of the GRE General Test. The bulleted points indicate what to remember as you complete both the Issue and the Argument tasks. 

Captured within the last of these bullet points is the essence of drug therapy The goal is to administer a drug that will bind with a receptor and lead to a beneficial cascade of biological information flow that produces the desired therapeutic effect. 

This addresses the question raised in section 14.1 as the second bullet point. 

Consider the role of chemical potential in examining the transition of material between different phases. Our earlier premise (Frame 21, section 21.1- fifth bullet point) - that if we have two phases present then the phase having the lowest free energy, G (and hence the lowest chemical potential, /x) will represent the more stable of the two phases - can now be further examined. 

If we are to use those bullet points to our advantage we must think strategy before we start. When we were making benzene compounds we usually started with a preformed simple benzene derivative— toluene, phenol, aniline—and added side chains by electrophilic substitution. In this chapter our strategy will usually be to build the heterocyclic ring with most of its substituents already in place and add just a few others, perhaps by electrophilic substitution, but mostly by nucleophilic substitution. 

With the exception of the ions in the first bulleted point, as well as strontium, barium, radium, and thallium positive ions, hydroxide ions form compounds that do not dissolve. 

Chromate compounds are insoluble, except when they contain ions from the first bulleted point. 

Service organizations should set up processes to collect and analyze operational performance data. Examples of performance charts are shown in Chapter 12. Performance metrics to be tracked and acceptable service levels to be met should be specified in Service Level Agreements. Performance charts might include monitoring the training and help desk activity as indicted in the bullet points above. 

This book contains all the essential information required for managing symptoms presented in the pharmacy, and covers the common ailments that pharmacists are likely to be presented with. Each chapter is set out in the same structured format and content is presented concisely in a bullet-point form, for quick reference and to make the information easy to understand, assimilate and memorise. 

Figure 1.3. A simplified illustration of the involvement, collaboration, and interrelationship of different functional areas in a preclinical research and development organization. The bullet points summarize the major developability factors examined at different stages.

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