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Write career claims that accurately describe your contribution.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Write career claims that accurately describe your contribution.

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Write career claims that accurately describe your contribution.

00:00:06.625 — The idea

Separate your work from the team’s work. Keep training conditions visible. Do not add production use or measured improvement without evidence.

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Separate your work from the team’s work. Keep training conditions visible. Do not add production use or measured improvement without evidence.

00:00:18.708 — One useful term

Supported claim. A statement whose important details match an inspectable record.

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A statement whose important details match an inspectable record.

00:00:27.125 — A worked example

Riley wrote two tests in a ten-question training lab; the team built the interface. That supports a statement about those tests. It does not support owning the whole platform or claiming 40 percent improvement.

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Riley wrote two tests in a ten-question training lab; the team built the interface. That supports a statement about those tests. It does not support owning the whole platform or claiming 40 percent improvement.

00:00:43.792 — Your turn to think

Can a stronger-sounding résumé sentence add an unmeasured percentage? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Can a stronger-sounding résumé sentence add an unmeasured percentage?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:01.417 — Why this answer works

No. A narrow truthful result is more useful than an impressive unsupported claim.

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No. A narrow truthful result is more useful than an impressive unsupported claim.

00:01:08.958 — Check 1

Support each part of the sentence.

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Support each part of the sentence.

00:01:14.000 — Check 2

Distinguish your work from team work.

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Distinguish your work from team work.

00:01:19.292 — Check 3

Say that the training used made-up data.

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Say that the training used made-up data.

00:01:24.500 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.