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Your résumé is the key marketing document you will use to advance your career. As such, it should be viewed as a sales or marketing brochure to be used in gaining the attention of the marketplace. However, it must also be accurate, professional and appropriate for the positions and industries you will target. Following are 15 factors that define whether the résumé you are currently using will serve to open doors to career opportunities or close them. In rating your own résumé on these key factors, be objective and, if anything, err conservatively by under-rating rather than over-rating it. Then see your options at the bottom of the page.

The 15 Ideal Résumé Factors*
Your Résumé Rates
Strategic Formatting to Distinguish it and Give it Prominence
Avoid Limiting or Vague Objective Statements
Omit Inappropriate Personal Information
Appropriate Industry/Functional Focus for Defined Goals
Begin with Summary of Most Marketable Skills and Experience
Personalize it with Positive Individual Qualities and Values
Achievement Emphasis over an Inventory of Responsibilities
Content Relevance and Credibility
Begin All Achievement Statements with Action Verbs
Use of Numbers/Percentages to Draw Readers to Achievements
Readability and Clarity
No Grammatical or Spelling Errors
Tasteful and Appropriate Use of Graphics/Typeface Styles
Appropriate Paper Stock Used for Hard Copies
High Quality Reproduction in Quantity/Reformatted for E-Mail

Each factor rated "GOOD" receives 3 points, "AVERAGE" ratings receive 2 points and each "POOR" rating gets 1 point. A total rating of 30 or less indicates that you are being seriously under-represented by your present résumé.

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*Click here to learn more about the 15 Ideal résumé Factors and how to apply them to your résumé.