CSCE 481: Seminar

Spring 2017

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Resume Assignment

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Description

You are to put together an up-to-date version of your resume. Your resume should have one of two forms, depending on your situation:

• If you do not have a job you are committed to after graduation (this will be almost everyone), your resume should reflect your current situation and be suitable for use at the SEC career fair. It should be written as if you are looking for a job or internship.
• If you already have a job you are committed to after graduation (there will only be a few of you in this category), put together a resume oriented to your current situation but as if you were looking for a job (i.e. assume you did not have a job you were committed to).
• If you are already in your final job, assume you were quitting at the time of graduation and structure your resume as if you looking for a fresh opportunity. You may put a single line at the top of the resume indicating that this is false but is being prepared for a class.

Note that your resume should be one page in length, and should follow standard resume formatting. You should design your resume using the principles discussed in class.

You will receive feedback on the resume, and will be able to revise it following the feedback. However, there will not be sufficient time to provide this feedback cycle before the Career Fair. Those who would like early feedback on their resume (in order to revise it for the career fair) should meet with the instructor or a TA before the deadline, and/or consider using the Career Center resume service.

Grading Rubric

10 Second Test

• High[1]: Catches attention and all pertinent information scannable in 10 seconds.
• Medium & Low[0]: Does not grab attention or unable to skim pertinent information in 10 seconds.

Personal Data

• High[1]:
• Includes name, address, email, phone
• Name stands out
• Provides professional email
• Medium & Low[0]:
• Missing name, email, address, or phone number
• Name does not stand out
• Email used is too casual, inappropriate or unprofessional

Objective

• High[1]: Type of job explicitly stated
• Medium & Low[0]: Vague and fluffy or missing

Education

• High[1]:
• Reverse chronological order
• Major and graduation month/year indicated
• Each institution includes name, location, & date
• Medium & Low[0]:
• Not in reverse chronological order
• Missing major or graduation month/year
• Missing information for an institution (name, location, date)

Experience

• High[1]:
• Reverse chronological order
• Organization name, position, title, location, & dates included
• Bullets begin with strong action verbs and are in correct verb tense
• Bullets are concise, direct, & indicate impact/accomplishments
• Personal pronouns and extraneous words are omitted
• Medium & Low[0]:
• Not in reverse chronological order
• Missing organization name, position, title, location, or dates
• Bullets are not concise or direct, are written in complete sentences or are wordy or vague
• Include personal pronouns or extraneous words

Skills & Interests

• High[1]: Concisely indicates relevant or interesting information that does not appear elsewhere
• Medium & Low[0]:
• Missing relevant information
• Not concise

Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation

• High[2]:
• Error-free spelling
• Error-free punctuation
• Error-free spacing
• Grammar is appropriate, e.g. verb tense, pronouns
• Personal pronouns and extraneous words are omitted
• Medium[1]:
• Contains 1-2 minor errors (punctuation or spacing)
• Has a pattern of a single error (e.g. some bullets have periods and others do not)
• Low[0]:
• Contains 3 or more individual errors
• Has a pattern of 2 or more of the same type of error

Style, Appearance & Tone

• High[2]:
• Fills one page without overcrowding
• Margins are acceptable
• Font style & size is readable
• Formatting is consistent
• Section headings reflect content & content matches headings
• Medium[1]:
• Page appears crowded but does not exceed one page
• A single formatting error
• Low[0]:
• Exceeds one page
• Does not fill majority of one page
• Margins are unacceptable
• Font style or size is unreadable
• Font size is excessively large