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Executive résumé template
For director level and above, board applications, and career changers with a long record. Origin: Executive search practice, as codified by the Career Thought Leaders consortium and retained-search firms; two pages, led by a positioning summary.
Sections
- Headline & positioning summary
- Career highlights
- Professional experience (scope, then results)
- Board & advisory roles
- Education & credentials
- Selected speaking, publications or patents
How a tough reader scores it
When you score a draft against this format, the Critic evaluates this executive résumé. The weights add up to 100; the fixes for the weakest criteria arrive as cards in the editor.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Headline and summary position the candidate for a specific level and kind of role | 20 |
| Career highlights are the best five results, quantified with business context | 25 |
| Each role states scope before results | 15 |
| Results show progression in responsibility over time | 15 |
| Nothing reads as a duty list or a job description | 10 |
| Two pages, older roles compressed | 10 |
| Board, credentials and thought-leadership items are current and relevant | 5 |
How it works in SecondPen.ai
Open the template and the editor writes the blank once, with a line of guidance under each heading that you delete as you fill it in. Write your abstract and the editor names the format it reads like. Ask for a document with a slash command and it offers to start from the matching format. When the draft is ready, the Critic scores it against the criteria above, the way this format's toughest reader would, and the three highest-leverage fixes become Editor cards.
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