Resume Requirements

Purpose

A resume is a way for you to convince employers to interview you for a particular
position by demonstrating your relevant qualifications. This document describes your
qualifications for that particular position in an easy to read format.

A resume is NOT an autobiography, a record of all your experiences and

accomplishments, or used to obtain a job. It is used to obtain an interview, and can help
you get that job. Review the following components of a resume when writing your own.

Main Components of a Resume

1. Contact Information
o Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address
o Make sure you have good spelling, grammar, and punctuation!
o Have an appropriate e-mail address
2. Objective
o Tells exactly what you want in a job, career, or education
3. Education
o High school name, city, and state
o Expected graduation date
o Relevant courses you take (or plan to take)
o Mention GPA if it is 3.0 or higher
4. Experience
o Include any paid or unpaid experience (volunteer, community service)
o List most recent experience first!!
o Include relevant experience
5. Activities
o Any clubs, sports, or after-school activities you’re involved with
6. Skills
o Any soft or hard skills you have
7. Accomplishments & Achievements
o Any examples of leadership, internship or shadowing opportunities, or
certificates or licenses you have
o Awards in school, clubs, sports, etc.
8. References
o Name of reference, position title, company name, phone number, e-mail,
and your relationship to the reference

Overall Appearance

 1 page in length; short and to the point  Information is clear and easy to read
 Not crowded with information  Correct spelling, grammar, and
 Good font style and layout punctuation
 Resume Rubric

Teacher Name: Ms. Patricio

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Complies with Complies with
Complies with all Complies with less
almost all (seven or several (six or
Includes all EIGHT EIGHT of the than six of the
more) of the more) of the
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requirements for a requirements for a
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Consistent in style
Fills page, not
but has some Unnecessarily run
crowded.
uneven white unto second page. Format is not
Consistent in font
Overall space or does not Appearance may appealing.
style and layout.
Appearance/ fill up a page. lack appropriate Information is not
Information is
Style Important use of bold/italics, laid out in a clear
clear. No longer
information may font, bullet points, format.
than one page in
not stand out or margins.
length.
clearly to reader.

Writer makes more

Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 than 4 errors in
Writer makes no errors in grammar errors in grammar grammar and/or
Grammar &
errors in grammar and/or spelling, but and/or spelling, spelling that
Spelling
or spelling information is still and information is information is no
understandable still understandable longer
understandable

Writer makes no Writer makes 1-2 Writer makes 3-4 Writer makes more
Capitalization and errors in errors in errors in than 4 errors in
Punctuation capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation

Resume is hand-
Resume is hand- written or typed
Resume is neatly
Resume is typed, written or typed and looks like it
hand-written or
clean, not wrinkled, and is crumpled or had been shoved
typed, clean, not
and is easy to read slightly stained. It in a pocket or
wrinkled, and is
Neatness with no distracting may have 1-2 locker. It may have
easy to read with
error corrections. It distracting error several distracting
no distracting error
was done with corrections. It was error corrections. It
corrections. It was
pride. done with some looks like it was
done with care.
care. done in a hurry or
stored improperly.

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