| 1. First Impression
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- immediately clear who the resume belongs to, how to
make contact and what the owner is seeking or offering
- look and feel is completely professional
- visitor feels encouraged to take a closer look
- page loads quickly and appropriately.
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| 2. Necessary Elements
Present with Appropriate Focus and Emphasis |
| a) Name &
Contact Info:
at top of page, immediately visible |
- Name and contact info is present on resume page, at
the very top, and immediately visible
- more than one method of contact offered...phone and/or
address.
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b) Job Objective or Opening Summary:
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- Job Objective or Opening Summary crystal clear, concise,
well written, focused, and singular, not split among
several objectives
- contains excellent and strong, self confident promotional
wording, with sufficient concrete details, in sound
bite style
- balanced between skills and employer/client needs
with little to no emphasis on owner's needs, giving
excellent idea of what the resume owner can do for the
client/employer.
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c) Technical Skills Section:
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- Technical Knowledge/Skills presented first, before
Education or Accomplishments (Experience)
- in easily read, itemized fashion
- all skills listed completely relevant to Objective
- organized into relevant categories where appropriate
- self-promotion for this element completely appropriate
and sufficient without being overly boastful
- skills and talents not sold short, Skills section
very clearly answers Employer/Client's question 'Why
hire you, what can you do for me?'
If Keywords section included, it is placed before the
tech skills, contains not too many or too few, and is
balanced between tech skills, work habits, and personal
traits. |
| d) Relevant
Experience Section: |
- All Experience items listed are completely relevant
to and supportive of Objective
- any of questionable relevance have already been referred
to in Tech Skills section above, to set the stage for
their inclusion here.
- Experience wording is completely focused on Results
and Accomplishments without any listing of Duties and
Responsibilities
- quantified in excellent manner (numbers, how much,
how many, what percentage, amount of increase/decrease,
etc) as far as possible, even if the numbers are rough
estimates, giving a very clear idea of how valuable
the resume owner was in previous situations, how well
s/he performed in prior situations
- Accomplishments are ranked/listed from most to least
relevant to Objective. All non-relevant experience and
accomplishments are omitted
- Self-promotion for this element completely appropriate
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- All Education items listed are completely relevant
to and supportive of Objective
- All education items are listed as if already accomplished,
not as 'in progress', with School/Institute name, degree/certficate
name, and month/semester and year earned
- Education items are ranked/listed appropriately from
most to least relevant to Objective. All non-relevant
education is omitted
- College majors, individual courses taken, and any
high school information is not listed
Education section may appear before Experience/ Accomplishments
when the details have stronger relevance to Objective
than Accomplishments.
Education section very clearly answers Employer/Client's
question 'Why hire you, what can you do for me?' |
| f)
Printable Versions Offered: |
- Both a plain text (ASCII text) and a PDF format
- printable, copy-able, emailable versions offered,
in addition to web version
- if an MS Word format offered, it is offered as a 3rd
alternative
- fits on one page, contains exactly same info as web
version (if longer, appropriate work experience is present,
it is listed on its own page, 15 years or additional
2 pages max)
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| 3. Appearance &
Readability |
| Grammar, Spelling,
Typographical Errors |
| No grammar, spelling, punctuation, spacing, or typographical
errors, excellent grammar and phrasing |
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Concise, Well Written, Appropriate Vocabulary |
- excellently written and completely understandable,
easy to follow content, clear, appropriate, and focused
wording
- appropriately concise, not at all wordy, or too brief,
excellent balance in number of items listed
- appropriate vocabulary, any big words and/or technical
jargon is used appropriately
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Phrases, Past Tense, Action Verbs |
- phrases used, rather than complete sentences
- past tense completely consistent throughout
- I and other personal pronouns, and all articles (the,
a, an) omitted
- all phrases start with action verbs, completely strong,
confident wording.
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| Visual
Formatting and Page Layout Enhances Content |
- Visual formatting excellently supports and enhances
Portfolio
- font faces, sizes, colors, horizontal and vertical
spacing support readability
- background color/image, and any other graphics appropriate
to Objective
- supports readability, appearance completely consistent
throughout
- colors and text work excellently together, exceptional
color coordination between links, background, text and
graphics
- text area slices saved as .gif files in ImageReady,
PhotoShop, etc have been replaced by real text typed
or pasted into HTML page code, so that page text is
crisp, sharp, and clear, without fuzzy or blurry edges
- attractive, consistent, and functional page layout
scheme, appropriate horizontal and vertical spacing,
all lists align vertically
- look of all pages and layouts is professional.
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Cross Platform and Cross Resolution Stability
Netscape vs Explorer and 800x600 vs 1024x768 |
- no noticeable spacing or layout difficulties
- no portions of frames inaccessible, no unintended
horizontal scrolling required
- no drop down menu problems, or other problems due
to browser differences
- no monitor resolution anomalies, or displays a disclaimer
(like: best viewed with Netscape 4.7 at 800x600) present
and visible on main page
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