Periods at the end of bullet points?

I recently sent my resume into one of those resume review services, they sent it back with periods at the end of each bullet point never seen that before, is that common? This is for consulting by the way

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Have seen it both ways in the past, but no periods is considered more conventional and you'll see it that way more frequently. The big rule to follow here is to always keep it consistent either way you choose to go.

I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

Never use periods on resumes. A resume is a quick summary of experiences in bullet form. You don't need or want to include periods (full stops). Since some bullet points will clearly be incomplete sentences, it would be grammatically incorrect to put periods there, and since you don't put periods there, you don't put them anywhere for consistency reasons. Writing full, lengthy sentences in a resume would just make for a very cluttered, boring presentation. Keep the resume period free and the bullets neat and to the point.

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