I do a ranking on the first page where I show my experience with various technologies. I also put a legend off to the side. 5 stars for Python and SQL. (8-10 y

I do a ranking on the first page where I show my experience with various technologies. I also put a legend off to the side. 5 stars for Python and SQL. (8-10 years experience), 4 stars for C#, web frameworks like Pyramid, or flask (5-8), etc. That's a grid that takes about a third of a page. I spend the rest of the page explaining what I have done and where that's recent and relevant to the gig I'm applying for. I don't have a resume that I would send to anyone. I have a resume template that gets customized for whatever job I'm looking at. I keep the relevant stuff on one page and I put references on the the second. Your mileage may vary, but this has worked extremely well for me. On the flip side, when I'm looking to hire, I don't care if your resume is 1 page or 4. Honestly, I'm looking for a reason to toss it in the trash and get to the next one. I'm looking for typos and stupid shit like that. Don't tell me your list of things that you've done. It's probably bullshit anyway. Tell me the kinds of things you are interested in doing. Tell me what you are excited about and why and how it fits into why my company is doing. That will make me pick up the phone and call you. Your cover letter is far more important to me than your resume. Edited to add: As a hiring manager, your resume needs to show me three things: Can you think? Can you write? Can you work well with a team. If you can do those things, I will hire you and train you. And also PPS: I'm hiring right now. :)