Name: Resume Rubric Criteria 5 4 3 2 1 Points Fills page, not Consistent in crowded. style but has Unnecessarily Consistent in font some uneven run onto second style and layout. white space or Format is not page. Appearance Information is does not fill up appealing. Does not draw Overall may lack clear. Centered on a page. Information is attention and has Appearance/Style appropriate use of page and good Important not laid out in a lack of structure. bold/italics, font, choice of font and information format. bullet points or point size. may not stand indents. Structure has clear out clearly to purpose. reader. Choice of subject headings is excellent. Most important items are Lacking Category Categories may listed on the top appropriate selection is well need to be Resume does not half. Categories categories or Category Selection defined and structured include subject selected include category of information differently to be headings. enough information selection is on page is good. more effective. within each to unclear. substantiate the need for the heading. Appropriate experience listed with organization name, title, dates, Degree is listed and location. Additional with necessary Sentence fragments information may information but Section is not are concise, direct, need to be section could be Section included or and included to Experience expanded. Most information and crucial accomplishment increase length of important format. information is oriented; strong resume or too information missing. verbs and much information does not stand appropriate verb may be included. out. tense is used. Listed in correct chronological order. Few errors, shows but Shows a consistent persistent pattern Mechanical No or extremely Difficult to read pattern. of error or errors are so Typos/Spelling minor errors because of Information contains a widespread that Errors (Capitalization, mechanical may be number of varied they are spelling, grammar). errors. abbreviated mechanical distracting. when it should errors. be spelled out. Included additional Included section with additional relevant, well section with Included organized, and easy relevant additional Additional Additional Additional Sections: to understand information, section, but section is missing sections are Ex. Skills/activities information. If and minimal information is key information. missing. appropriate, flaws; skills or weak or leadership and activities may irrelevant. related activities not be properly are indicated. defined. TOTAL POINTS /25 (x2)
Name: Resume Rubric Criteria 5 4 3 2 1 Points Overall Appearance/Style Fills page, not crowded. Consistent in font style and layout. Information is clear. Centered on page and good choice of font and point size. Structure has clear purpose. Consistent in style but has some uneven white space or does not fill up a page. Important information may not stand out clearly to reader. Unnecessarily run onto second page. Appearance may lack appropriate use of bold/italics, font, bullet points or indents. Format is not appealing. Information is not laid out in a format. Does not draw attention and has lack of structure. Category Selection Choice of subject headings is excellent. Most important items are listed on the top half. Categories selected include enough information within each to substantiate the need for the heading. Category selection is well defined and of information on page is good. Categories may need to be structured differently to be more effective. Lacking appropriate categories or category selection is unclear. Resume does not include subject headings. Experience Appropriate experience listed with organization name, title, dates, and location. Sentence fragments are concise, direct, and accomplishment oriented; strong verbs and appropriate verb tense is used. Listed in correct chronological order. Degree is listed with necessary information but section could be expanded. Most important information does not stand out. Additional information may need to be included to increase length of resume or too much information may be included. Section information and format. Section is not included or crucial information is missing. Typos/Spelling Errors No or extremely minor errors (Capitalization, spelling, grammar). Few errors, shows but consistent pattern. Information may be abbreviated when it should be spelled out. Shows a persistent pattern of error or contains a number of varied mechanical errors. Mechanical errors are so widespread that they are distracting. Difficult to read because of mechanical errors. Additional Sections: Ex. Skills/activities Included additional section with relevant, well organized, and easy to understand information. If appropriate, leadership and related activities are indicated. Included additional section with relevant information, and minimal flaws; skills or activities may not be properly defined. Additional section is missing key information. Included additional section, but information is weak or irrelevant. Additional sections are missing. TOTAL POINTS /25 (x2)