Is the Best Resume One Page - or Two?

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  mosesnbklyn

  03/04/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Is the Best Resume One Page - or Two?

  Your resume should be a 1-page executive summary. The details go into a long version / business dev resume / experience / CV - the name is irrelevant but thats the idea. This is how it works in the A/E/P Design & Construction Profession, unless you are old school and just have a long resume. I have seen 2 pagers and made sure to tell people - if you got to two pages then you probably have enough to fill much more (I have 6 years exp w/ 8 pages). Separate the details and the 1-page resume should be highlights.

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  workwizard@...

  03/10/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Is the Best Resume One Page - or Two?

  If you have over 5 years of progressively more responsible job functions a two pager is probably going be be needed.
  
  Less than five years experience, or a job that requires the same set of skill (for longer than five years)should try to keep it to one page.
  
  For big money positions requiring considerable decision-making responsibilities...page numbers are inconsequential.

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  bwbaxter

  03/11/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Is the Best Resume One Page - or Two?

  Two-page resumes should be acceptable as long as
  they're as concise as possible. Don't include a lot of
  detailed information -- you want to leave room for
  discussion. If HR can't give you the time to read a
  second page then you probably don't want to be there,
  if you have a choice. Don't forget that the interview
  (and its preliminaries) work both ways - you're
  interviewing the organization, too. Try several formats
  and read them as if you were doing the hiring. Have
  an experienced colleague review your resume and
  adjust your resume according to their suggestions to
  see if the changes fit you.

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  aemaas

  03/12/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Is the Best Resume One Page - or Two?

  As an HR Manager I would prefer to see 2 pages, but no more. In my opinion 1 page is not enough. My pet peeve is a candidate not showing duration dates of when they worked somewhere. I need to see signs of someones staying power. No dates = suspicious in my book. As an interviewer you can always discuss why someone only worked somewhere for a short while; perhaps there is a valid reason.