Resume Quality

Resume Quality is mainly categorized into four levels as follows:

1. Data Issues
2. Major Issues
3. Fatal Problems
4. Suggested Improvements

In the resume, if minor information is missing, such as emails, contacts, etc., then this missing information is considered as the data issue, and these issues are given in the Data Issues level. See the below example:

{
  "Level": "Data Issues",
  "Findings": [
    {
      "QualityCode": "3101",
      "Message": "Email address was not found in the candidate contact."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "3105",
      "SectionIdentifiers": [
        {
          "SectionType": "POS-3"
        },
        {
          "SectionType": "POS-4"
        }
      ],
      "Message": "Every position in a resume should have a job title."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "3106",
      "SectionIdentifiers": [
        {
          "SectionType": "POS-1"
        },
        {
          "SectionType": "POS-2"
        }
      ],
      "Message": "Every position in a resume should have an employer name."
    }
  ]
}

In the resume, if some important information is missing, for example, a section (experience, education, etc.) header is missing, or the information within a section is missing, then this missing information is considered as the major issue, and these issues are given in the Major Issues level. A resume containing major issues is considered a bad resume; see the below example:

{
  "Level": "Major Issues",
  "Findings": [
    {
      "QualityCode": "4002",
      "Message": "Experience or education sections with no header have been found in the resume."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "4004",
      "Message": "The first and last name of the candidate was not found."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "4009",
      "SectionIdentifiers": [
        {
          "SectionType": "PERSONAL_DATA",
          "Id": "0"
        }
      ],
      "Message": "Multiple sections of the same type have been found in the resume."
    }
  ]
}

In the resume, if critical information is missing, for example, a complete section (experience, education, etc.,) missing then this missing information is considered the fatal issue, and these issues are given in the Fatal Issues level; see the below example:

{
  "Level": "Fatal Problems",
  "Findings": [
    {
      "QualityCode": "4102",
      "Message": "Work experience section was not found."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "4104",
      "Message": "Education section was not found."
    }
  ]
}

In this level of Resume Quality, suggestions to improve the quality of the resume are given; see the below example:

{
  "Level": "Suggested Improvements",
  "Findings": [
    {
      "QualityCode": "5105",
      "Message": "Marital status was found in the resume. Do not include this level of personal information in a resume."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "5108",
      "Message": "Multiple phone numbers were found in the personal information section. Only one contact phone number should be included in a resume."
    },
    {
      "QualityCode": "5111",
      "SectionIdentifiers": [
        {
          "SectionType": "PERSONAL_DATA",
          "Id": "0"
        }
      ],
      "Message": "Indicates that a section was found along with the header instead of a separate line above the content."
    }
  ]
}

There are three type of the Resume Quality response as follows:

1. Quality Code and Message

   {
     "ResumeQuality": [
       {
         "Level": "Data Issues",
         "Findings": [
           {
             "QualityCode": "3101",
             "Message": "Email address was not found in the candidate contact."
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

2. Quality Code, Section Identifiers (Section Type), and Message

   {
     "ResumeQuality": [
       {
         "Level": "Data Issues",
         "Findings": [
           {
             "QualityCode": "3105",
             "SectionIdentifiers": [
               {
                 "SectionType": "POS-2"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "POS-4"
               }
             ],
             "Message": "Every position in a resume should have a job title."
           },
           {
             "QualityCode": "3109",
             "SectionIdentifiers": [
               {
                 "SectionType": "DEG-3"
               }
             ],
             "Message": "Education degree should not be without School/University name"
           }
         ]
       },
       {
         "Level": "Major Issues",
         "Findings": [
           {
             "QualityCode": "4001",
             "SectionIdentifiers": [
               {
                 "SectionType": "OBJECTIVE"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "SKILLS"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "ACHIEVEMENT"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "REFERENCES"
               }
             ],
             "Message": "Sections with no text, other than the header, have been found in the resume."
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

3. Quality Code, Section Identifiers (Section Type, Id), and Message:

   {
     "ResumeQuality": [
       {
         "Level": "Suggested Improvements",
         "Findings": [
           {
             "QualityCode": "5111",
             "SectionIdentifiers": [
               {
                 "SectionType": "SUMMARY",
                 "Id": "0"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "SKILLS",
                 "Id": "1"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "WORK HISTORY",
                 "Id": "2"
               },
               {
                 "SectionType": "EDUCATION",
                 "Id": "3"
               }
             ],
             "Message": "Indicates that a section was found along with the header instead of a separate line above the content."
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

Unique codes are assigned to identify a resume quality finding information.

Resume Quality Issues	Quality Code	Description
Data Issue	3101	Email address was not found in the candidate contact.
	3102	Phone number was not found in the candidate contact.
	3103	Street address was not found in the candidate contact.
	3104	Address was not found in the candidate contact.
	3105	Every position in a resume should have a job title.
	3106	Every position in a resume should have an employer name.
	3107	Every position in a resume should have a start date.
	3108	Every position in a resume should have an end date, unless it is a currently held position.
	3109	Education degree should not be without School/University name
Major Issue	4001	Sections with no text, other than the header, have been found in the resume.
	4002	Experience or education sections with no header have been found in the resume.
	4003	The number of jobs found in the resume exceeds the threshold of 30 jobs.
	4004	The first and last name of the candidate was not found.
	4005	The document is in a PDF format.
	4006	Contact information is not at the top of resume.
	4007	The publications section should be avoided in a resume. If necessary, they can be added in not more than 10 lines.
	4008	The document was too long and was truncated prior to parsing.
	4009	Multiple sections of the same type have been found in the resume.
Fatal Problems	4101	No sections were found in the resume.
	4102	Work experience section was not found.
	4103	Work experience information was found, but had to be calculated as a section.
	4104	Education section was not found.
	4105	Education information was found but had to be calculated as a section.
	4106	The employment section did not provide dates for jobs.
	4107	Email address or phone number was not found in the contact information. Ideally, a resume should have both.
	4108	Detected data in column format. We re-arranged this data to be machine-readable with greater accuracy. Candidates make a huge mistake by representing data in columns rather than in a simple top-to-bottom format.
	4109	Detected date ranges written vertically in this document on multiple lines.
Suggestion Improvements	5101	Found a references section. Ideally, a resume should not include a references section.
	5102	Found a separate skills section. Ideally, work history or education description should include the candidate's skills.
	5103	Driving license number was found in the resume. Do not include this level of personal information in a resume.
	5104	Passport number was found in the resume. Do not include this level of personal information in a resume.
	5105	Marital status was found in the resume. Do not include this level of personal information in a resume.
	5106	Multiple addresses were found in the personal information section. Only one contact address should be included in a resume.
	5107	Multiple email addresses were found in the personal information section. Only one contact email address should be included in a resume.
	5108	Multiple phone numbers were found in the personal information section. Only one contact phone number should be included in a resume.
	5109	Publications should not be included in a resume.
	5110	Date of birth was found in the resume. Do not include this level of personal information in a resume
	5111	Indicates that a section was found along with the header instead of a separate line above the content.
	5112	Companies or job location should not mentioned with Street address.