PSD Personal Finance
Unit 2: Education and Employment
Name:
Assignment: Resume
Choose a job that you would like to apply for now or in the future and create a resume you could use to apply for
this position. Save your document as a Word file or a Google doc. Please note that rich text format might not save
correctly if you're using elaborate formatting.
Include the following sections:
 Your contact information
 Objective
 Work experience
 Skills and/or qualifications
 Education
 You may include other sections if you wish
Your Resume should be formatted to look attractive and easy to read. You need to use action words when
describing activities, skills etc. Use the rubric in this section to help you create a good resume.
RESUME GRADING RUBRIC
CATEGORY
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Resume is concise Resume is one (1) Resume is slightly Resume is over 1
and is one (1) page page, but looks longer than one (1) 1/2 pages long –
in length (unless
crowded
page
instructor
approved)
No Points
Resume is over
two(2) pages long
Section headings are Section headings Sections not clearly Sections are not
in bold, italics, or
are in bold, italics, demarcated
clearly demarcated
underlined
or underlined
Readability
Section content is
bulleted
Proper paper size
and color used
Format
Section content is Section content in Section content is
bulleted
paragraph or
not bulleted
sentence format or
not properly
bulleted
Resume is
Resume is
extremely wordy
unnecessarily
and difficult to
wordy
skim
One (1) element Two (2)–Three (3) Four (4)-Five (5)
of proper
elements of proper elements of proper
formatting
formatting missing formatting missing
Proper font and font missing
size used
Format is consistent
throughout the
resume
Resume is
extremely
unorganized,
wordy, or
excessively brief
More than Five (5)
elements of
proper formatting
missing
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Proofreading
Contact
Info
Spelling and
capitalization are
flawless
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One (1)
proofreading
error
Name, address, eOne (1) element
mail addresses and of a proper
phone are included contact info
section missing
No nicknames used
Contact info is
professional and
appropriate
Two (2)-Three (3) Four (4)-Five (5)
proofreading
proofreading
errors
errors
More than Five5
proofreading
errors
Two (2) elements
of a proper contact
info section
missing
Three (3) elements
of a proper contact
info section
missing
Four (4) or more
elements of a
proper contact
info section
missing
Contact info is
professional and
appropriate
Contact info is
unprofessional or
inappropriate
Contact info is
Contact info is
professional and professional and
appropriate
appropriate
Statement is concise Statement could Statement is
and well-worded
be more directed unnecessarily
and brief
lengthy
Objective
Statement relates
Statement
directly to the
position
Skills
Statement relates Statement contains
directly to the
elements that do
position
not relate directly
to the position
Statement is poorly Statement is
written or
unreadable
extremely long
Statement contains Statement does
elements that do not relate to the
not relate directly position
to the position
At least two (2)
transferable skill
clusters included
At least two (2) More than three (3) More than three (3)
transferable skill or less than two (2) or less than two (2)
clusters included skill clusters
skill clusters
included
included
Specific examples of
accomplishments
and results of those
accomplishments
provided
Mostly specific
Statements are
accomplishments slightly general or
and results
vague
provided
Statements are
slightly wordy or
too brief
Statements are too
general or vague
Excessively wordy
or brief
Section very
poorly formatted,
worded, or absent
Statements are
Statements are
bulleted and concise bulleted and
concise
Statements in
bulleted form
Statements in
sentence or
paragraph form
The past tense of a
strong active verb is
used for each
accomplishment
Past tense
forgotten or not
enough action
verbs used
Wrong tense or
weak verbs used
The past tense of
a strong active
verb is used for
each
accomplishment
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Work
History
Education
Job title, place of
employment,
location, dates of
employment
included
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One (1) element
of a proper work
history section
missing
Two (2) elements
of a proper work
history section
missing
Three (3) elements
of a proper work
history section
Section very
missing
poorly formatted,
worded, or absent
Info is in reverse
Info is in reverse Info is in reverse Info is in incorrect
chronological order chronological
chronological order order
order
Name of institution,
location, date of
attendance or
graduation, and
degrees earned
included
One (1) element
of a proper
education section
missing
Two (2) elements
of a proper
education section
missing
Three (3) elements
of a proper
education section
missing
Info is in reverse
Info is in reverse Info is in reverse Info is in incorrect
chronological order chronological
chronological order order
order
Section very
poorly formatted,
worded, or absent