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Resume Grader

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Get Your Resume Graded.
Every Sentence. Four Colors. Zero Mercy.

The 5W standard is how resumes get read on the deciding side of the table: every sentence should answer at least three of who, what, where, when, why, and how, with evidence. Most resumes fail it. Here's how yours gets graded.

REDTask with no evidence, or a "Miss America" sentence. If the grocery store manager down the street could say it about the bakery department, it's red.
ORANGEReal content, but only two W's answered. A skill plus one qualifier, missing scope and impact.
YELLOWThree W's. Solid, and exactly one detail away from green. Usually the missing piece is a number.
GREENFour or more W's with evidence. Specific, quantified, unmistakably yours. The whole resume should look like this.

Try It: Grade One Bullet Right Now.

Paste one sentence from your resume. Tap every W it explicitly answers (be honest, the interviewer will be). Then get the grade.

WHOreported to, populations, partners
WHATthe action or function
WHEREsites, states, global
WHENtimeframe, cycle, speed
WHYthe business reason
HOWmethod, system, RESULT

The Miss America check: sentences like "hard worker," "passionate about people," or "known for getting things done" are automatic red, no matter how many boxes feel true. Praise is a claim. Evidence is a grade.

Now Get the Whole Resume Graded. Free.

Send your resume and every sentence comes back color-graded by a recruiter who has read thousands of them on the deciding side of the table, with the worst offenders named and the fastest upgrades flagged. Real eyes, not a robot. Within two business days.

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