Task

✅ Have you…

Map the Hiring Chain

☐ Identified who’s likely to review your resume and ensured it speaks to each audience?

Find and Highlight Your Match Points

☐ Matched 3–5 key job description terms exactly in your resume and ensured alignment?

Sketch Your Resume Layout

☐ Created a blank resume layout with key sections: Skills, Experience, Education, Projects, Publications?

Set Up Your Resume Document

☐ Opened and customized the resume template with your name and contact info?

Extract Your Top Skills

☐ Identified your Standout Seven skills based on 2–3 job descriptions and saved them for reference?

Update Your Job Titles and Dates

☐ Organized your work history in reverse chronological order, showing role progression clearly?

Update Your Bullet Points

☐ Written 3–5 impactful, quantified bullet points per role that reflect your target job’s language?

Review Side Projects and Volunteer Work

☐ Updated relevant side projects and volunteer work to showcase biostatistical skills and impact?

Highlight Projects From Education or Volunteering

☐ Listed 2 relevant academic or volunteer projects with tools, data type, and outcomes?

Personalize Your Resume for One Job

☐ Tailored your resume line-by-line to match a real job posting and saved it as a template?