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Professional links connect a resume to material that can provide additional evidence about the candidate. Depending on the field and the candidate’s background, these may lead to a LinkedIn profile, GitHub account, portfolio, personal website, design profile, published work, or another professionally relevant destination.

Their usefulness comes from what the employer can find after opening them. A portfolio can show completed work that cannot be represented fully on one resume page. A code repository can provide evidence of technical projects. A professional profile can supply broader information about education, activities, and career development.

Fresh graduates may benefit from these forms of evidence because much of their relevant work can come from academic projects, personal projects, competitions, research, or independent learning. The appropriate links still depend on the candidate and the role. A link deserves space when its destination contributes useful information to the application.

LLMs can help evaluate this component at several levels. They can examine whether a platform is relevant, compare the linked material with the target role, identify inconsistencies or outdated information, assess how projects are presented, and suggest a clearer set of links. Some judgments require access to the linked content itself. Accessibility, factual accuracy, ownership, and final public presentation should also be checked directly by the candidate.

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Contact information has a simple purpose: it gives an employer reliable ways to reach the candidate and, where useful, indicates the candidate’s general location. A fresh-graduate resume commonly provides a phone number, a professional email address, and a city or regional location.

The simplicity of this section can make it easy to overlook. Most decisions concern accuracy, selection, readability, privacy, and efficient use of space. A well-formatted phone number has little practical value if one digit is incorrect, and a polished email address is ineffective if the account is no longer monitored.

The amount of information needed also varies. Location conventions differ across employment markets, and some applications may require information that would be unnecessary elsewhere. Candidates considering relocation or international opportunities may have additional location details to communicate.

An LLM can help examine these choices, detect possible inconsistencies, question information that appears unnecessary, and reorganize the section. Factual verification remains a separate task because the candidate is the authoritative source for their own contact details.

Privacy also deserves attention when an LLM is used for review. Many questions about structure and presentation can be answered with placeholders such as [PHONE], [EMAIL], and [CITY, REGION]. Supplying the actual values is often unnecessary.

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The Header is the prominent identity element at the top of a resume. It normally contains the candidate’s full name and may include a concise professional descriptor or target role.

Its functions are limited and practical. It establishes the candidate’s identity, provides a clear visual starting point, and can communicate professional positioning when useful. For fresh graduates, professional positioning may require additional consideration because career direction and professional identity are often still developing.

The Header is treated here as a separate resume component from Contact Information, Professional Links, and the Professional Summary, even when these elements appear close together on the page.

LLMs can assist with Header review by identifying possible problems, explaining why they may matter, comparing the Header with the rest of the resume or a target job description, and proposing refinements. They can also produce a revised Header and explain individual modifications. The quality of this assistance depends on the information provided and the type of judgment being requested.

A useful LLM review should therefore include relevant context. Depending on the question, this may include the current Header, complete resume, target role, representative job description, career direction, and a rendered version of the resume.

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A resume should do more than describe what you were responsible for. It should help employers understand what you can contribute to their organization.

Consider the difference between these two resume statements:

Duty-based statement:

• Responsible for managing social media accounts and creating content.

Achievement-oriented statement:

• Planned and published weekly content across three social media channels, using engagement data to refine content topics and the publishing schedule.

The first statement describes a responsibility. The second gives the employer a clearer picture of what the candidate actually did, how they approached the work, and how they used evidence to improve their contribution.

But what if you are a recent graduate who has never held a full-time job? What if you have no formal work experience, limited internship exposure, or only a few part-time jobs?

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