Rate My Resume

Hi! Today we’re going to look at how you can access Rate My Resume.

Open your preferred web browser and type ‘ratemyresume.uts.edu.au’ into the address bar.

You’ll be taken to the main sign in page, which looks like this.

Click the red ‘Continue with University ID’ button, and you’ll be taken to the UTS login portal.

You can use your regular UTS email address and password to access the Rate My Resume program.

And there you have it! You’ve logged in to Rate My Resume and you’re ready to go!

So you’ve logged in to Rate My Resume, and now you’re ready to get started!

This is what your homepage should look like after you log in.

Towards the top right of the page, you’ll see a button that says ‘Download guidelines’.

Click that button, and you’ll automatically download the UTS Careers Resume Workbook

which gives you all the advice you need to craft the perfect application.

Have a read through it before uploading your resume, to give yourself the best chance of success!

As you can see here, there’s a blue button that lets you upload your resume.

It also tells you how many attempts you have left.

Please take note of how many uploads you have remaining, as there is a limit to how many times you can submit your resume for review.

Don’t forget! When you go to upload, the system will only accept resumes that are saved in a PDF format.

Once you upload your resume, the system generates a score and provides feedback on what you can do to improve.

So the next time you upload with the improved version of your resume, you should be able to receive a higher score.

After you’ve logged in and clicked the ‘Upload Your Resume’ button from your home page,

this pop-up will appear that lets you submit your document. Click here to upload the PDF of your resume.

Once you submit, the system will begin processing your document in real time.

You can see as it goes that it’s benchmarking your submission against hundreds of other resumes,

analysing the various formatting elements of your resume, and calculating your score.

You will then receive a grade that tracks you on a scale,

as well as a number of other key pieces of feedback that can help you enhance your resume for next time!

After you’ve submitted your resume, you’ll be given a score that tracks you on this graph

that lets you know where you stand in comparison to the other UTS resumes you were benchmarked against.

Underneath the graph, you’ll notice ‘Your Smart Guide’ that gives you feedback for the specific sections you can improve on.

When you’re ready to start working on these sections, click the blue ‘Get started now!’ button.

This will open a more detailed feedback section

that includes the same graph from the previous page, as well as helpful insights from some of the top scoring resumes.

The middle section here shows you the top three areas you can improve on, as well as the number of points you can gain by working on those particular elements.

Click on the ‘See Detailed Feedback’ button, and a copy of your resume will open.

The sections you can improve on will be highlighted, with the colour-coded notes on the left giving you specific advice on how to improve.

While all of this feedback can look a little overwhelming, it’s not too complicated.

On the top right, you should see the Smart Guide from the previous page. Hover your mouse over each step to get more information.

This section lets you improve your resume in individual steps, and by clicking on them you’ll be shown the feedback for these individual steps.

These arrow buttons let you see the other remaining steps.

Alternatively, click the check box above that says ‘Show completed steps’

to see what you’ve already done correctly. Untick the box to go back to your Smart Guide steps.

You’ll also notice that in the top right corner there is a symbol of an eye with a line through it.

Clicking that will hide your Smart Guide steps so you have more room to view your resume.

When you’re in the detailed feedback section of Rate My Resume, you’ll see your score at the top on the left-hand side of the screen.

You’ll also see a link that lets you see how your score is calculated.

Click on this link to see how your resume rates out of 100, as split into 3 core modules: Impact, Presentation, and Competencies.

Within each of these modules, there are detailed sub-components. If you hover your mouse over each of them, you can see what they entail.

Now you might be wondering why these sub-components are in different colours.

Basically, green refers to something you’ve done correctly, orange are the ones you could improve on a little bit more,

and red are the areas that need serious consideration in improving your resume.

There are two different ways to view the detailed feedback generated by Rate My Resume: System Feedback and Bullet Level Feedback.

The first is System Feedback, which is the default view. As you can see, the feedback is split across the three core modules 

Impact, Presentation, and Competencies – and you can navigate through the sub-components within those modules.

For example, by clicking on the ‘Action Oriented’ component under the ‘Impact’ module, you can see the individual sections highlighted on your resume accordingly.

These sections are highlighted using the same colour code we spoke about in the previous ‘Understanding your score’ video.

Hover your mouse over each of the highlighted sections of your resume to see what feedback has been generated for you.

If you are unsure of what a particular sub-component means,

there is a guide under each that provides its definition, some examples, and a few insights into how the component factors into a resume.

Simply click on the sub-component you want to know more about, and click the ‘see guidance’ button.

The other feedback view is Bullet Level Feedback.

You would choose this particular view if you wanted to look at complete feedback for individual sections of your resume.

Again, it uses the same colour coding as before,

so if you only want look at the areas you’ve done correctly, select ‘Marked green’ in the ‘Show Bullets’ section,

and so on for the remaining orange and red sections.

If you want some assistance on how to structure your sections, click here.

This will open a guide that gives you a couple of examples, along with benchmark statistics from other resume submissions.