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Area

Points Available

Points Earned

Notes

Heading. Does the heading have your name, address, phone number, and email? Is it a professional/non-descript email?

1

.5

Capitalization. No need for “Cell” or “Email”

Education. Is your institution, city, state, degree, major, and GPA (if applicable) included?

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1.5

Right align Graduation date. Type out degree.

Employability.

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6

1. Work Experience. Does the work experience go in backwards chronological order? Did you include the company, city, state, job title, and dates employed? Are the bullet points well worded and do they start with an action word?

Professional experience before Volunteer. Past tense for past jobs. No periods on bullets points.

2. Accomplishment Statements. Do you quantify your accomplishments in your work or project experience sections? Does this information include references to how you saved or reduced company time or money, specific numbers or percentages, or how you improved or streamlined procedures or products, and/or enhanced performance or quality?

You’ve told us what you did, but not what you accomplished.

3. Project Experience. Does the project experience showcase your relevant skills and include industry terminology? Are the components of the project clearly explained and do you focus on the most critical components?

Skills. Have you listed relevant computer skills (general knowledge of Microsoft software programs should not be documented)? Are language skills included (if applicable)? If so, is it clear what skill level you have (conversational, fluent)?

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1

Skills at the bottom of resume. No soft skills. Microsoft last.

Honors and Awards. Did you list the dates associated with the honors and/or award(s)? Is the corresponding organization(s) spelled out (not abbreviated)?

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0

None listed.

Activities. Did you list activities or organizations that you are

involved with on campus or in the community?

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.5

Not in reverse chronological order. Spell out Month.

Overall Layout. Does your layout look professional? Is there some use of bold, underlining, italics or bullets to organize the material and make it easy to read and to focus the reader?

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All font should be the same. All font should be the same size with the exception of your name. All font black.

Relevance. Does your wording and content focus on information most relevant to your industry or desired job?

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1

Length. Is your resume limited to one page?

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1

Total Number of Points

22 available

12.5

Hyphens need to be consistent throughout. Please make an appointment with Career Services to review your resume.