Tips to write a 1-page resume

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Writing a 1-page resume helps you to demonstrate the top skills to the hiring managers and is also ATS compliant. Hiring managers usually spend around 10 seconds skimming through the resumes and only spend longer if they see what they are looking for in the first half of the resume. So let's see the best strategies to get the most information that you want to showcase within a 1-page resume.

Shorten Margins

This will allow you to add more space for the experience and skills section. Normally it should be around 1 inch, but you can shorten it to 0.5 to 0.65 inches. Once done save it as a pdf to see how exactly it will look in the final format.

Reduce Indentation and Spacing

Select the font for which spacing needs to be reduced and then follow the below steps

Go to the Home tab in MS Word and select the following Line and Paragraph spacing --> Line Spacing Options --> Indents and Spacing

?? Change indentation to 0

?? Change spacing to 0

?? Select --> "Don't add spacing for paragraph of the same style"

Reducing the overall Spacing

Look for any blank spaces available between different sections and optimize those blanks. Select the blank spaces between different sections and reduce the font size to around 6 or 7. This will drastically increase the overall space which can be used for other sections to add useful information.

Insert Bullet Points

Instead of paragraphs break your job responsibilities into shorter sentences in the form of bullet points. This not only adds clarity to your resume but also improves the readability aspect of it. Make sure to keep it to 1-2 lines. Don’t exceed more than 2 lines.

Condense your Header

Make sure your header has the contact details (email, LinkedIn, phone number). Email and LinkedIn link should be hyperlinked. This should be condensed into 1 line instead of 2 lines.

For example, 999-999-999 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/Kevin-Thomas (should be a hyperlink)

Cut short summary and education section

You can trim your summary section and omit it If you want to add more to the experience section. In the education, section make sure your degree, school, GPA, year of graduation are all in the same line.

Experience Section

Make sure sentences are limited to 1-2 lines and are not more than that. Don't forget to include the impact created in these statements.

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