Resume Rubric Template (Page 3 of 3) in pdf

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Resume Rubric

Adapted from University of Richmond Career Services: July 2015

Send in the body of an email:

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Paste your cover letter a couple of spaces below your brief introduction. Set it up in Business (Block) Style, with

everything justified to the left. Your cover letter may need to be reformatted to send it in the body of an email

message. Do not use bold, italics, underlining, bullets, fancy fonts, colored text, or multiple columns.

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Attach your resume (in PDF format) to the email.

Mail or submit in person:

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Final cover letters and resumes submitted to employers as paper copies should be printed on resume quality

paper (ivory, gray or white) with the watermark right side up, and should not be stapled to other application

materials.

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If the cover letter and resume are being sent through the mail, then they should be placed in a large manila

envelope or an envelope that matches the resume paper.

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS): You need to format your resume in an ATS-friendly manner

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Title your materials with your name and targeted title: "LastName_Position"

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Remove unique headings and stick to common resume headings like Summary, Experience, Education and Skills.

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Remove images, columns, tables, fields, text boxes and graphics so the ATS can quickly scan your text for

keywords and phrases. The ATS may not be able to read data placed in images, tables, and text boxes, so it’s

best to avoid them altogether.

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Remove special characters and avoid creative or fancy bullets that are often illegible to an ATS scanner.

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Avoid special fonts, font treatments and colors. Stick to fonts such as Arial, Georgia, Impact, Courier, Lucinda,

Tahoma or Trebuchet, and only use black color. Avoid underlining words, which can mess up the legibility of

lower case letters such a g, j or y.

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Avoid templates, which are a combination of fields and tables and can confuse ATS systems. Also, avoid page

numbers.

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When writing your employment history, present the information for each employer in the same order, i.e.,

company name, title, city, state, and date, and in reverse chronological order. List the names of your employers

first, then the dates you worked there.

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Include contact information in the body of your resume, not in the header or footer.

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Save your materials as a basic word doc (.doc) or .txt file.

For additional information on submitting through an applicant tracking system, visit the following resources:

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Orrico Hall, lower level ∙ 503.943.7201 ∙ Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ∙ career@up.edu

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