How [HR department | programmer] reads your resume

How [HR department | programmer] reads your resume

How the HR department reads your resume
+15 Mentions skills from job description more than five times
+8 Mentions skills from job description three to five times
+4 Mentions skills from job description once or twice
+4 Cover letter addresses recruiter by name
+2 Resume includes cover letter
-10 No mention of skills from job description
-15 No post-secondary education

How a programmer reads your resume
+15 Has written a compiler or OS for fun
+12 Resume compiled from latex
+11 Contributes to open source software
+9 Has written a compiler or OS for class
+8 Has blog discussing proramming topics
+8 President of programming / robotics / engineering club
+7 Participated in programming / robotics / engineering contest
+7 Internship at Google or Microsoft
+6 Has written non-trivial programs in dynamic languages (perl / python / ruby)
+5 Knows 3 or more programming languages
+5 Previous position demonstrates similar skills
+4 Has internship
+4 Founded a company
+4 Personal web page uses Rails, PHP or ASP.NET
+3 Email address at own domain
+3 Has modified programs in dynamic languages (perl / python /ruby)
+2 Has personal web page
+1.0 High grades, top of class, etc.
+0.0 Won scholarship
+0.0 Lists job at fast food chain
-0.5 Looks kind of drunk in facebook picture
-1 Has Ph.D
-2 Generic cover letter
-2 Mentions skills in Excel/Word
-2 Spelling or grammar errors on resume
-3 Resume font too small
-4 All programming experience in class
-4 Knows only 1 programming language
-6 Resume more than three pages long
-6 Includes irrelevent objective section
-7 Took certificatino course in a technology
-8 Low grades in relevant courses
-10 Lists visual basic experience first
-12 Topless in facebook picture
-15 Resume uses combination of tabs and spaces to indent sections