Do not collect templates. Run this sitting once. Then apply.
The long versions live on the resume and cover letter pages. This page is the session.
Minute 0–10. Print what you have
One page. If it is two pages, cut until it is one. If there is an objective statement, delete it now.
Circle every bullet that has no number. Those are the ones you will rewrite.
Minute 10–50. Three bullets
Use: verb + owned + scale + number + so-what.
Pick your most recent role. Rewrite the three weakest lines.
Empty: "Assisted with financial analysis for senior leadership."
Done: "Built a one-page margin bridge that showed a 2-point drop was £17m, not 'mix', and put it as slide 1 for the CFO."
Empty: "Worked cross-functionally to improve processes."
Done: "Cut the weekly ops huddle from 45 minutes to 15 by moving status to a pre-read; on-time ship rose from 82% to 91% in six weeks."
Empty: "Conducted market research to support a go-to-market strategy."
Done: "Sized UK SAM at £40m and recommended no-go when the only reachable slice was £6m at a price customers had already rejected."
If you cannot find a number, use a clock, a count, or a rate. "Four people, ten days, still hit the date" is a number.
Minute 50–75. The letter
Three paragraphs. 250–350 words.
- Role, office, one proof you know the place.
- Why consulting (story + number). Why this firm (not prestige).
- Why you (one stealable result). Close.
Full example and the fill-in live on the letter page. Write yours on paper first. Typing too early makes you polite.
Minute 75–90. Checklist, then grade
- One page
- Dates aligned
- Three bullets a partner could steal
- Office line that is not tourism
- One number in the letter
- No "passionate", no "synergies", no second page
Then run the grader. One free review. Fix what it names. Put the firms on the tracker.