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These are the first two bullet points of my most recent experience on my resume so I want to make sure they are strong and grammatically correct.
Could you please take a look to see if they are ok? Is the word "recognition" here appropriate? Should I substitute the word "grade" to "review", as that is a result of a review?

The only recipient of an "Exceptional" performance grade in the team, an extremely rare recognition in the team's history
Rated top performer of the team for all three years at AAA Company

Thanks.

Meteorquake · Accepted Answer

It looks fine. I rather like "recognition" there, but maybe others will differ. Another choice could be "rare event". d

Cyrix · Answer

Thanks!
Do I need a "the" before "top performer", just to be consistent with the usage of the "the" in the first bullet point?

Meteorquake · Answer

"top performer" can be understood here (i) as a quotation of what someone might stamp your work with ("Fail", "Pass", "Top Performer"), meaning either the top performer, or, under circumstances where you'd expect several, one of them of a few close together at the top (eg motor racing), or (ii) alternatively as your own description of circumstances.
One of the reasons you don't need 'the' to mean the very top is because 'top' implies 'the', since there's only one at the top.
In what you've written, the word 'the' would be understood without writing it without any problem. If you write it in it would also be fine, but could possibly risk sounding boastful or assertively stated, since the word 'the' draws an emphasis to it.
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