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Executive Resume Scorecard

Last updated 23 October 2026

Ten yes-or-no questions from the checklist I build every executive resume to. You get a score, a band and your three weakest areas. Runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent or stored, and there is no email wall.

01 · Title lineYour header's title line names the seats you are targeting, pipe-separated.
02 · Scope numbersFour scope numbers sit where a researcher finds them in seconds: revenue or P&L, headcount, geography, budget.
03 · SummaryThe summary is four or five sentences, carries no figures, and argues why the next seat is the natural step.
04 · HighlightsYou have four or five career highlights, each with a number and the lever that produced it.
05 · Context linesEvery role opens with one line on the company: size, ownership and the situation you walked into.
06 · Scope linesEvery role has a scope line: reported to, P&L or budget, direct and indirect reports, scope.
07 · Mandate storyEach recent role has a three- or four-sentence paragraph: why you were brought in, what you found, what you decided, how it unfolded.
08 · Bullets and verbsBullets lead with a result, carry the lever, and use verbs like led, built, cut and repriced. None say helped, supported, assisted or responsible for.
09 · Generic languageNothing on the page could appear on anyone's resume: no results-driven, dynamic or proven track record.
10 · Length and formatTwo pages (three only for a long C-suite or board record), dates and titles as text, no photo for the US or Canada.

How it is scored: yes is 2, partly is 1, no is 0, out of 20. The questions come from the twenty-point checklist in The 2026 Executive Resume Guide. Ties among the weakest areas go to the one higher on the page, because the reader meets it first.

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