Resume and CV final checklist
Nineteen checks in three groups: content (claims backed by bullets, defensible numbers, nothing invented, hard requirements addressed), structure and parsing (single column, standard headings, contact details in the body, dates intact, text-based PDF), and before sending (file name, format, spelling, matching cover letter, tracker entry). Tick or consciously skip each one.
Direct downloads: no account, email address or payment. Formats: Word, Markdown.
What is inside
- Content checks (7)
- Structure and parsing checks (7)
- Before-sending checks (5)
How to use it
- Run it on the exported file, not the editor view.
- Where a line fails, fix it or decide consciously to leave it; do not skip by habit.
- Pair it with the free structure check, which automates the parsing group.
Why it is built this way
- Truthfulness checks sit in the content group because invented detail is the one mistake that cannot be fixed later.
- The parsing group mirrors the checks Luceria's free resume check automates, so the two agree.
Accessibility
The Word file uses true heading styles, a single column and real text only: no tables, text boxes or images carry meaning, so screen readers and parsers follow the same structure a sighted reader sees. Guidance notes are plain text in grey italics and are meant to be deleted. This page summarises what the file contains. The Markdown version uses task-list syntax.
Browser tools that work with it
Keep going
- Resume final checklist guide
- PDF or Word?
- Run the structural checks automatically
- Also: Job opportunity verification checklist: Word and text download
- Also: Job-search tool comparison checklist
- Also: Job-search visibility checklist (LinkedIn and Indeed)
Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.