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One page is more than enough. It's important to remember the purpose of a resume. The purpose of a resume is not to get you a job. The purpose of a resume is t
by tobyjsullivan 13y ago
One page is more than enough. It's important to remember the purpose of a resume.
The purpose of a resume is not to get you a job. The purpose of a resume is to get you an interview.
To expand on that, as I was once told by a helpful professor, "The purpose of a cover letter is to get them to read your resume. The purpose of your resume is to get an interview. Finally, it is the responsibility of your interview to get you the job."
You will never write a resume so good the interview will just be a formality so stop trying. Focus your resume on exactly what it needs to be to get you that interview. And that should be a single page of beautiful, focused, catered content.
- mattmanser 13y agoHaving gone through the process recently, this is rubbish. If you've got 10 years experience 3 pages is perfectly normal and when I tried with a single page cv, kept getting asked if this was just the covering page & can I send my whole CV. Also as soon as I added a whole load of detail like 'did this, wrote this program, used this tech' to every job, the interview offers started coming like crazy.
- fecak 13y ago3 pages isn't some unforgivable sin by any means, but that is the range where people start to wonder about your ability to prioritize your background. 1-2 pages are always safe, assuming you can say what you need to say. For 10 years of experience, most resumes I see are probably a full 2 pages, but rarely more. The number of jobs you've had (and choose to list) also is a factor, which is particularly challenging for contractors with multiple gigs.
- cdcarter 13y agoIf I may ask, are you US based? That seems fully out of line with what I've experienced in every US hiring process I've been through, and totally in line with what I've heard about abroad hiring.
- mattmanser 13y agoI am indeed in the UK! So yes, sounds like it is a cultural difference. And not rubbish at all.
- tobyjsullivan 13y agoI learned something today! It never occurred to me there might be cultural differences here.
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