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Evaluate Your Resume
Hold your resume at arm's length
and see how it looks. Is the page too busy with different type styles,
sizes, lines, or boxes? Is the information spaced well, not crowded on the
page? Is there too much "white space"? Is important information quick and
easy to find?
CONTENT
- Name is at the top of the
page: highlighted by slightly larger typesize, bolding, and/or
underlining
- Address and phone number(s)
are complete and correct, with zip and area codes, and are well-placed in
relation to name
- All entries highlight a
capability or accomplishment
- Descriptions use active
verbs, and verb tense is consistent; current job is in present tense; past
jobs are in past tense
- Repetition of words or
phrases is kept to a minimum
- Capitalization, punctuation,
and date formats are consistent
- There are NO typos or
spelling errors
ORGANIZATION
- Your best assets, whether
education, experience, or skills, are listed first
- The page can be easily
reviewed: categories are clear, text is indented
- The dates of employment are
easy to find and consistently formatted
- Your name is printed at the
top of each page
FORMAT/DESIGN
- No more than two typestyles
appear; typestyles are conservative
- Bolding, italics, and
capitalization are used consistently and in support of the information
structure
- Margins and line spacing
keep the page from looking too crowded
- Printing is on one side of
the sheet only, on high-quality bond--white or off-white (i.e. beige or
ivory)
- The reproduction is good,
with no blurring, stray marks, or faint letters
- The right side of the
page is in "ragged" format, not right-justified. Right
justification creates awkward white spaces
POSSIBLE REASONS TO HAVE A RESUME
RESUME LOOKS LIKE
THE
EVIDENCE SECTION - HOW TO PRESENT YOUR WORK HISTORY, EDUCATION, ETC
Evaluate Your Resume
POWERWORDS
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