RESUME ASSIGNMENT

** IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION**

 Create a professional resume applying to the program related position posted on Moodle

 Resume must be current, up-to-dat, representative of your current Lambton College

program status and skills

 Spelling/Grammar mistakes are not acceptable; marks may be deducted for mistakes

Include this assignment sheet with your submission as well as a printed copy of the
job posting you applied to with your assignment
FORMAT – refer to format covered in class
4

CONTENT –
professional, industry terms
6
appropriate use of acronyms
standard bullet/points

TARGETED – Specific position requirements related to the posting on Moodle,

program related skills, transferable skills highlighted
6

OVERALL APPEARANCE/MARKETABILITY – Why Should I Hire You?

4

Deductions – spelling/grammar, not up to date, late

TOTAL 20

Excellent: 18 - 20
Good: 14 - 17
Satisfactory: 10 - 13
Needs Improvement: Below 10
 RESUME CHECK LIST

HEADING:
 Appearance  Phone #
 Name stands out  Appropriate e-mail address

 Complete address Line, border or box for visual appeal

EDUCATION:
 Proper program name in bold  Reverse chronological order

 Program name before College name Proper school name, city, and province

 Dates – year – present Proper location on first page
 Previous education represented
appropriately

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS: 

Bullets Specific computer skills
 
Proof statements for transferable skills Additional skills or certificates, dates and

Program technical skills acquired provider included
 
Located on page 1 before experience Prioritized

Strong sell

EXPERIENCE:
 
Job title in bold listed before company Transferable skills

(consistent with education format) Use of action verbs
 
Dates Appropriate past/present tense
 
Bullets Reverse chronological order

Relevance to your program

 Point form using sentence fragments (not
Proper company name single words, no periods)
 
Accomplishment statements Expanded job descriptions

College level appropriate

VOLUNTEER WORK:

Degree of involvement

Achievement
statements

Current/recent volunteer activities

OVERALL APPEARANCE/FORMAT:
 
Visual appeal Appropriate use of bolding, spacing and

Appropriate use of white space capitalization
 
Appropriate use of bullets Consistent format of section titles
 
Appropriate/consistent format of dates Proper order of sections
 
Name on second page Margins line up
 
No use of the word “I” Appropriate font size
 
Too long/too short Appropriate font choice

MARKETABILITY:

 SELL YOURSELF! Overall relationship to program
 Uniqueness and appeal  Demonstrated transferable skills

Answers the question “Why should I hire  Attracts immediate attention
you?”
NOTES:

 You do not need to include an objective as this is being stated in your cover letter
 You may choose to include a professional summary, we did not specifically cover this in class, google
“professional summary software developer resume” for examples – this is not a traditional objective
statement