The Center for Career Development has developed the
following Resume Basics Checklist to help you get started.
(Be sure to review the detailed explanations that appear below
the scoring section.):
1. Is your contact information at the top of the page (name,
address, phone #, e-mail)?
2. Are your school, degree, major(s), minor(s), discipline(s)
and graduation date (month and year) included under your education?
Have you included your G.P.A. (if it is 3.0 or higher)?
3. Have you checked for typographical errors including
spelling, punctuation, and word usage? In addition to using
spell-check, have you carefully inspected the entire document?
4. For each experience listed, have you included a job
title, company/organization name, dates of employment, and
location (city/state)?
5. Did you use sentence fragment skill statements beginning
with action verbs to describe job functions?
6. Are all four of your margins set between .5" and 1"?
7. Is your font size between 10 and 12 point?
8. Have you visually emphasized headings, job titles, and
organization/company names by utilizing bold, underline, and
italics?
9. Have you included specific results and quantifiable
accomplishments (e.g. results that show increases in profits,
percentages of growth, response rates, etc.) in your job descriptions
wherever possible?
10. Did you include all of your relevant experiences (part-time
jobs, volunteer work, employment in family business, internships,
etc.) regardless of whether you were paid?
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