Resume Grading Rubric

Student Name: _______________ Peer Evaluator: _______________

Skill Outstanding Good Average Unsatisfactory Total

 Typed or computer  Typed or computer  Typed or computer  Typed or computer

generated generated generated generated
 Balanced margins  Balanced margins  Somewhat balanced  Unbalanced margins
with eye appeal  Format identifies margins  Format detracts from
PRESENTATION/
 Format highlights strengths and  Format identifies strengths and
FORMAT strengths and information strengths and information
information  Appropriate fonts information  Fonts distract from
 Appropriate fonts and and point size used  No variation in fonts readability
point size used with and/or point size
variety
Ranking Points 10 8 7 6

 All action phrases  1-2 duties/skills  3-4 duties/skills lack  5-6 duties/skills lack
used to describe lack action phrases action phrases action phrases
JOB-SPECIFIC / duties and skills  Information  Some information  Information does not
 Information demonstrates demonstrates ability clearly demonstrate
VOLUNTEER
demonstrates ability ability to perform to perform the job ability to perform the
INFORMATION to perform the job the job job
 Professional  Some professional
terminology used terminology used
when describing skills when describing
skills
Ranking Points 15 12 11 10

 Heading, objective,  Heading,  Heading, objective,  Missing one of the

skills, experience, and objective, skills, skills, experience, following: heading,
education covered in experience, and and education objective, experience,
RESUME detail education covered covered with little or education
CONTENT  Extra information in some detail detail  No extra information
given to enhance  Extra information  Minimal extra given to enhance
resume given to enhance information given to resume
resume enhance resume

Ranking Points 15 12 11 10

SPELLING &  No spelling errors  1-2 spelling errors  3-4 spelling errors  5-6 spelling errors
GRAMMAR  No grammar errors  1-2 grammar errors  3-4 grammar errors  5-6 grammar errors

Ranking Points 10 8 6 4
TOTAL
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