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I've always been told resumes should be limited to a single page, one sided. At some point that means you have to drop old jobs from the list. Nobody really car

I've always been told resumes should be limited to a single page, one sided. At some point that means you have to drop old jobs from the list. Nobody really cares what your first job out of college was when you are 40.

teeray 2y ago
That advice was also from a time when you would print out your resume on high quality paper and pull it out of your briefcase to give to the hiring manager. Of course they don’t want some stapled-together thing. These days, resumes are digital, so all we’re talking about is more scrolling. Obviously you can go overboard, but I’ve never balked at a two-page resume from a candidate in an interview loop.
- lolinder 2y ago
  > Of course they don’t want some stapled-together thing. We had two-sided printing back in those days and it was still not a good idea to go to two pages. I was always told it was a rule of thumb to ensure that what mattered got seen in the initial, cursory screening. They're going to spend 30 seconds on the resume and likely won't get to a second page if you have it, so better to just fit what you need to on a single page and scrap anything that's not incredibly persuasive. Now, today your first hurdle is an automated scanner rather than a 30-second human inspection, which may mean that you need to actually increase the amount of text in order to be able to check all the right boxes. It's the same principle (optimize for making it past the first stage), just with a new first stage.