Resume Rubric

Component
Font

20

15

10

Font is basic and between

Font is not appropriate for

Font choice distracts from

10-16 point size

a resume or is sized

the purpose of the

larger than 16 or smaller

resume.

than 10.

Headings

At least six headings are

Resume has four to five

Resume has only three or

present and all are

headings or format is

fewer headings.

formatted identically.

inconsistent from one

heading to another.

Personal
Information

Contact information is

Personal information is

No contact information

complete with name,

missing either address or

given.

address, phone and e-

phone number.

mail (if applicable)

Layout

Education and work

Either education or work

Both education and work

experience is listed with

experience is listed with

experience are listed with

the most recent first.

most recent last.

most recent last.

White space is limited and

White space is noticeable

the readers eye naturally

and distracts form flow of

flows through document.

document.

Printing

Resume is printed on

Resume is not printed on

resume paper.

resume paper.

Job

Job descriptions tell what

Job description is present,

Job description is vague,

job was done and how it

but brief. Three to five

yet present. No

was done. Six or more

descriptive words are

descriptive words tell how

descriptive words are

present.

the job was done.

White Space

Description/Exp
erience

present.

Font

__________/20

Headings

__________/20

Personal Information

__________/20

Layout

__________/20

White Space

__________/20

Printing

__________/20

Job Description

__________/20

TOTAL

__________/140