HEADER
□ Does your header contain one email, one phone number, and one
address? (LinkedIn URL optional)
□ Is your email appropriate?
□ Have you set up your voicemail with a professional message?
□ Is your name slightly larger and bold?
INVENTORY YOUR EXPERIENCE
□ Education, Trainings, Certifications
□ Research, Relevant Coursework, Projects
□ Previous Employment (Experience), Internships
□ Military Experience
□ International Experience
□ Community Service, Volunteer Work
□ Activities, Campus Involvement
□ Leadership Experience, Honors, Awards
□ Technical Skills
□ Languages (not including English-if applying in the U.S.)
□ Professional Associations
ORDERING YOUR EXPERIENCES
□ Are your most relevant experiences (paid or unpaid) to the top and
left of your resume?
□ Did you use section headers related to YOUR experiences (paid or
unpaid)?
□ Do you have more than one item in each section? If not, can you
combine sections?
□ Are your bullet points formatted similar to the examples in the Career
Center Resume & Interview Guide?
□ Do your bullet points include transferable skills as well as job duties?
□ Are the job duties you’ve included relevant to the position you are
applying for?
□ Have you exaggerated any of your experiences? If so, revision is
recommended. Honesty is very important.
FORMAT
□ Have you used a template? If so, it is typically recommended to start
over with your own original document.
□ Have you double-checked grammar and spelling?
□ Are you on one page? This is the standard for undergraduates. If you
are on two pages, you might want to check with a Career Center
advisor or faculty member.
□ Have you included your high school or activities from high school
(recommended to remove after the end of your sophomore year)?
□ Did you use a font size of 10 or larger?
□ Is your main font a consistent size (you could include larger section
headers)?
□ Are your dates aligned?
□ Have you used a consistent format for all of your dates (12/2018, Dec.
2018, or December 2018)?
□ Are you utilizing white or neutral paper (or resume paper, if possible)
and black text?
□ Have you left off pictures, graphics, and color text/lines (if you’re not
in a design-oriented field)?
PROOFING
□ Have you had someone else review your resume?
□ Have you used the Career Center Resume & Interview Guide to view
examples?
□ Does your resume appear balanced on the page (not a lot of white
space on the left or right sides)?
□ Is your degree and GPA (if you wish to include/ typically if it’s 3.0 or
higher) listed correctly according to KSIS?
□ Have you used capitalization/punctuation/bolding/italics consistently?
□ Have you used different action verbs (at the beginning of each bullet
point)? (pg. 9-10)
□ Did you change your bullet points or move your sections to tailor your
resume to the position? (pg. 7)
□ If you are applying for Federal positions on usajobs.gov are you aware
that your resume could be different? Have you researched the
differences?
□ ARE YOU PROUD TO PRESENT THIS DOCUMENT TO AN EMPLOYER OR
GRADUATE SCHOOL?
