How Long Should Your Resume Be?
Debra Boggs
CEO of D&S Executive Career Management | Executive Job Search & Board Candidate Expert | Corporate Outplacement Leader | Forbes NEXT 1000 Entrepreneur | Enthusiastic People Connector
“How long should my resume be?” and “Do I have to keep it to just one page?” are questions I get asked ALL the time. The one-page rule is coming up more often now as viral posts with images of well-know executives’ resumes showing one-page graphic-style documents make the rounds online.
Here are three tips for writing a modern and effective resume that will win interviews.
Nix the “One-Page” Resume Rule
Unless you are a recent college graduate or have less than 5 or 10 years of experience, limiting your resume to just one page is out-dated advice that can often hurt your chances of winning an interview.
For mid-career professionals and executives, one-page resumes don't often give you enough room to list all of your relevant experience, accomplishments, and context to your work. Your resume should include examples of your value in each relevant role, as well as the scope of your leadership responsibilities, and quantifiable results when possible. For someone with more than 10 years of experience, this will be hard to do in just one page without cutting important details or reducing the white space and font size so much that it becomes hard to read.
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Cyberspace Operations Technical Advisor | Mentor | Veteran
5 年It depends, are you searching for federal government jobs or industry jobs? The difference in length between those two examples can be significant.
Empowering Careers & Learning | Career Coach | Adjunct Professor in Informatics/Information Technology | Training Designer | Champion of Confidence, Humor, & Growth
5 年My answer is always 'it depends'. It's better to have one page that's solid and effective than 5 pages that's a brain dump. I almost never go over 2 pages though; you've lost the reader's interest by then IMPO.