Curriculum Vitae/Resume Rubric

Rank each category with any number from 0-5

Criteria Not Acceptable (1)
 Most sections are formatted
Overall Style & inconsistently (use of bold,
Appearance headings, italics, spacing)
The CV should be  Information is unorganized
easily read, well and inconsistent
organized, good  Font size is different
line of sight, and throughout
consistent  Text appears very
formatting overcrowded or too spaced
out
 Bullets/entries appear to not
have a dated order
 No clear line of sight, bullets
and indentions are sporadic
Average (3)
 1 or 2 areas formatted
inconsistently (use of bold,
headings, italics, spacing)
 Information is somewhat
consistent and orderly, some
duplication
 Font size is different in 1 or 2
areas and much larger or
smaller that 10-12pt
 Text appears somewhat
overcrowded or somewhat
spaced out
 Most bullets/entries are listed
from most to least recent
 Most Indentions and bullets are
consistent
Excellent (5)
 Consistent formatting (use
of bold, headings, italics,
spacing)
 Information is presented
consistently and orderly in
all sections (no duplication
of information)
 Font is the same size and
between 10-12pt
 Text isn’t overcrowded or
too spaced out
 Bullets/entries are listed
from most to least recent
 Indentions and bullets line
up appropriately creating
a nice line of sight.

 Contains 3 or more spelling,  Contains 1 or 2 minor errors in  Has no spelling or

Spelling, grammar or punctuation spelling, grammar or punctuation errors
Punctuation, errors punctuation  Spacing is consistent
Grammar, and  Spacing is inconsistent  Spacing is somewhat consistent  No grammar errors
Mechanics  Has a pattern of a three or  Has a pattern of a single  Flows well
Polished CV with more consistent errors consistent minor error (ex:
no grammar different dash or bullet sizes)
related mistakes

Content  Shows little evidence of  Shows evidence of some  Shows evidence of heavy
Addresses involvement in any areas of involvement but maybe in only and well-rounded
information in school, work, and one or two areas of school, involvement with school,
each of the community work, and community work, and community
sections  Contains less than 3 sections  Contains 3-5 sections  Contains at least 5
 Objective does not match sections
with the scholarship
competition
 Curriculum Vitae/Resume Rubric
Rank each category with any number from 0-5

REQUIRED SECTIONS/EXPERIENCE
The CV should contain sections related to: Education, Experience (work or volunteer), Presentations, Publications,
Research Experience, Licenses and Certifications, Professional Memberships, Leadership, Rotations, Service, or
Awards/Honors
*Wording for sections heading may be different
Education  Most education is included  All education is included  All education is included,
 Student did not include  Section contains 1 or 2 minor including their current
current/incoming education formatting errors or is missing a education (if they are an
for Campbell school, location, graduation incoming student they
 Section contains more than 2 date, or degree. have listed the program)
formatting errors and is  Section is correctly
missing a school, location, formatted listing the
graduation date, or degree. school, location,
graduation date, and
degree correctly

Experience (work  Student lists no entries for  Student lists at least 1 entry for  Student lists at least 2
or volunteer) experience (work or experience (work or volunteer) entries for experience
volunteer)  Sections is mostly formatted (work or volunteer)
 Sections is incorrectly listing the place of work,  Sections is correctly
formatted listing the place of location, dates, and a brief job formatted listing the place
work, location, dates, and a description of work, location, dates,
brief job description and a brief job description
Professional  Student does not list  Student lists involvement with  Student lists involvement
Membership involvement with 1-3 professional organizations with at least 3 professional
organizations organizations
Leadership  Student lists no leadership  Student lists 1-2 leadership  Student lists at least 3
Experience positions in organizations or positions in organizations or for leadership positions in
for events events organizations (ex:
president, vice president,
event planner, etc.)
Additional  Student additional sections  Student additional sections  Student additional
Sections show little to no evidence of show some evidence of sections show strong
(Awards, involvement in involvement in extracurricular evidence of involvement
Publications, extracurricular activities activities in extracurricular activities
Research,
Presentations,
etc.)