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Added a second page after about 10 years of experience. Not planning to ever add a third. Nobody cares about what you did three jobs ago, so I'm content with ha

Added a second page after about 10 years of experience. Not planning to ever add a third. Nobody cares about what you did three jobs ago, so I'm content with having my early gigs summarized to literally a single line each. There's also the option of dropping them entirely if ageism becomes an issue. As an ex-hiring manager, resumes over 3 pages were almost guaranteed to have a ton of useless (to the reader) detail that obscured the signal and any kind of messaging the candidate wanted to convey with this document. This is such a critical thing that many people miss - the product you are selling is your experience, and the resume is the sleek marketing document, not the dry technical specification (I don't mean this literally, but 5-15 page resumes, I'm looking at you).

lastdong 5y ago
This. Experience that was 5 years ago can be summarised to the relevant essential - one or two liners, and further even removed in some occasions (e.g. doesn’t bring nothing new to the table). As new technology comes into place, the role/product/experience takes more importance and those subjects can be expanded in the interview. To the point and for the job you’re applying for. 1 or 2 best pages, yes imho. But I know ppl that can fill 3 or 4, with publications alone, it all depends on market and goals
samstave 5y ago
I also have several levels of "relevance" First, if I listed everything in my ~28 year career in the same industry but with a huge spectrum of companies and skills used... my full resume would be a lot of pages. I tried a one page with super dense, small font... I tried a one page with larger font, recent 2 job details and bullet summaries for the other companies. I have yet to find the right balance. As at some point certain positions dont matter, even if in the same field (for example I dont necessarily put my IT management of token ring networks from the 90s down...) --- HOWEVER: My BIGGEST piece of 'resume' advice -- is keep a job/project portfolio book. i.e. -- I worked on some of the biggest tech physical builds in SV over the last 25 years. Huge construction, datacenter, hospital builds, FAANG HQ builds.. etc. My biggest regret; not keeping a detailed portfolio book of said work with pics and details and schedules I built. (obv non NDA stuff, so save your comments) But keep records! Think of an interview of a audit of sorts.. :-)

lastdong 5y ago

This. Experience that was 5 years ago can be summarised to the relevant essential - one or two liners, and further even removed in some occasions (e.g. doesn’t bring nothing new to the table). As new technology comes into place, the role/product/experience takes more importance and those subjects can be expanded in the interview. To the point and for the job you’re applying for. 1 or 2 best pages, yes imho. But I know ppl that can fill 3 or 4, with publications alone, it all depends on market and goals

samstave 5y ago

I also have several levels of "relevance" First, if I listed everything in my ~28 year career in the same industry but with a huge spectrum of companies and skills used... my full resume would be a lot of pages. I tried a one page with super dense, small font... I tried a one page with larger font, recent 2 job details and bullet summaries for the other companies. I have yet to find the right balance. As at some point certain positions dont matter, even if in the same field (for example I dont necessarily put my IT management of token ring networks from the 90s down...) --- HOWEVER: My BIGGEST piece of 'resume' advice -- is keep a job/project portfolio book. i.e. -- I worked on some of the biggest tech physical builds in SV over the last 25 years. Huge construction, datacenter, hospital builds, FAANG HQ builds.. etc. My biggest regret; not keeping a detailed portfolio book of said work with pics and details and schedules I built. (obv non NDA stuff, so save your comments) But keep records! Think of an interview of a audit of sorts.. :-)