Resume structure and bullet rewrites for customer success — retention numbers, expansion revenue, and save stories that prove you protect and grow accounts.
Customer success sits between support and sales, and weak CS resumes read like one or the other — ticket lists or quota claims. A strong one proves the CS-specific skill: keeping revenue that wanted to leave and growing revenue nobody was asking about.
| Area | Weak | Strong |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | Maintained strong client relationships | Held gross retention at 94% across a {{ARR}} book while the team average was 88% |
| Expansion | Identified upsell opportunities | Sourced {{amount}} in expansion by mapping unused seats to two new departments per account review |
| Saves | Handled at-risk customers | Recovered {{N}} of {{M}} red accounts in {{year}} — including a {{size}} logo saved with an exec alignment play and a 90-day success plan |
| Scale/systems | Improved CS processes | Built the onboarding playbook that cut time-to-first-value from 6 weeks to 2; new-cohort 90-day retention up {{X}} points |
Pick your best save and give it a two-line bullet with the full arc: risk signal → diagnosis → intervention → renewed outcome. Interviewers ask for exactly this; putting it on the resume chooses the story they'll ask about.
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