Critique Your Own Resume

While it is always a good idea to get numerous people — career professionals, former bosses and colleagues, mentors, and the like — to review and evaluate your resume, you might want to first consider reviewing and critiquing your resume using the simple table presented in one of our articles. The most important thing to remember is to be sure you totally understand each criterion — and then be completely honest on how your resume rates. (If you feel you cannot possibly be honest with yourself, then get a professional critique.)

Our Resume Critique Worksheet, offers a review of the 10 factors you should use to evaluate your resume.