While templates are available in Word and are a good resource to use for formatting, if you use one, yours looks like “everyone else’s,” and you won’t get a second look. See at Résumé Rubric below to see how it will be graded. Your Own Personal Résumé (90 points) Elements of the Résumé Awesome Résumé Cool Résumé Needs Improvement Points Earned Top of Résumé Name larger and in bold Proper address included Telephone numbers Easy to read font All 4 elements listed in the column to the left are OK (10-12 points) Only 2-3 elements listed in the first column are OK (6-9 points) Name does not stand out (0-5 points) Job Objective Appears after name/address 1-3 sentences only Indicates type of job How you’re qualified for job All 4 elements listed in the column to the left are OK (10-12 points) Only 2-3 elements listed in the first column are OK (6-9 points) Job objective lacking (0-5 points) Format One-inch margins on 4 sides OR top/bottom margins even (If lines are spread out so all All 8 elements listed in the column to the left are OK Only 6-7 elements listed in the first column are OK Messy, difficult to read (0-15 points)
words are not at the very top) Double space between sections Single space within section · OR * used before entries On one page only No fancy fonts Font is (22-24 points) (16-21 points) Category Headings Includes 4-5 sections Section headings bold, all caps, or underlined 2 elements listed in the column to the left are included (4-6 points) Only 1 element listed in the first column are OK (3 points) No section headings (0-2 points) Sections Most recent items first Phrases not complete sentences Lines begin with · OR * Includes required information All 4 elements listed in the column to the left are OK (10-12 points) Only 2-3 elements listed in the first column are OK (6-9 points) Required information missing or lacking sufficient information (0-5 points) References 3 names provided Their job title included Address included Phone numbers included Good format All 5 elements listed in the column to the left are OK (13-15 points) Only 3-4 elements listed in the first column are OK (9-12 points) Not included (0-8 points) Other Lacking
Listed most recent items first Good form No paragraphs All 3 elements listed in the column to the left are OK (7-9 points) Only 1-2 elements listed in the first column are OK (3-6 points) (0-2 points) Student’s Grade Electronic Resumes When searching for a job, you will probably log in to an Internet job bank and type in the appropriate keywords. Within seconds, your computer screen displays a list of job leads, selected to meet your specific requirements. With another couple of keystrokes, your electronic resume is sent to potential employers. But in order for it to be in good form when received by those potential employers, you may need to make some changes to your existing resume. Email resumes are basically plain text documents without formatting. Appearance is not as important as the employer’s ability to read the resume, no matter what kind of computer system or word processing software they have. For example, if you attached your Word resume keyed in Word 2010, for example, and the company uses another version of Word or different word processing program such as WordPerfect, they may not be able to open and/or read your file. And some companies have policies where they cannot open email attachments from an unknown source. Remember your job objective? Well, an electronic resume should be full of keywords. Your job objective may already contain appropriate keywords. Keywords are also called buzzwords, and they are specific words or phrases that job seekers use to search for jobs and employers use to find the right candidates. Think of them as search criteria the same way you do keyword searches on the Internet. The