Resume - How many pages do you have?

How many pages do you have on resume? I have heard different opinions, based on the degree of experience and qualifications.

Example: College grad will probably have a one page due to limited work experience and a 10 year systems administrator might have a two page to list the various job positions.

Your thoughts?

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XiaoTech

At first I used to always use one page, but I wasn't getting many interview offers. Then I went to a career fair and someone looked at my resume and said I was underselling my experience. Now I use two pages and it helped me get a lot of interviews, although my current job I got because of a good contact. I don't think one page is enough for my education and experience. Since companies are always looking for someone with strong soft skills, I try to emphasize it with my two years experience abroad. Of course my technical skills are at the top, but I try to connect them with my in a way where I can edit the skills to match the job description. Some employers are going to see my experience in Japan and Korea as valuable, most probably won't and only care about my technical skills.

Brain_Power

The poll results are showing 2 pages as an overwhelming majority for resume length!

The board members pushing for 1 page, please sanitize your resume and post. Personally, I would like to see a successful 1 page resume that captures 10-20 years of experience.

cyberguypr

Brain_Power wrote: »

The poll results are showing 2 pages as an overwhelming majority for resume length!

The board members pushing for 1 page, please sanitize your resume and post. Personally, I would like to see a successful 1 page resume that captures 10-20 years of experience.

+1. Would love to see that.

Everyone

I have 2 pages, but many of you know that already.

I think in another year or 2 I may be able to knock mine down to a single sentence... in fact, it may just fit on my business card.

NetworkVeteran

Brain_Power wrote: »

The poll results are showing 2 pages as an overwhelming majority for resume length!

The board members pushing for 1 page, please sanitize your resume and post. Personally, I would like to see a successful 1 page resume that captures 10-20 years of experience.

A question was asked--how many folks who do hiring nix $100k+ candidates based on resume length? I don't. On the other hand, when screening hundreds of applicants, I only glance at the first page of the vast majority. It's like a novel. You can create an incredibly awesome chapter thirteen, but no catchy cover or starting line, and you're probably toast.

The essence of my "10-20 years of experience" fits on one page. I always get points for good people skills, being able to explain as well as do. To think--the essence of Ghengis Kahn's life fills up less than a page in many textbooks!

ptilsen

Everyone wrote: »

I have 2 pages, but many of you know that already.

I think in another year or 2 I may be able to knock mine down to a single sentence... in fact, it may just fit on my business card.

I made your business card for you:
Name
MCM
email address
telephone number

Everyone

ptilsen wrote: »

I made your business card for you:
Name
MCM
email address
telephone number

That's not far off from what I just ordered... just have to do without the "CM" for now. :P Boss says it'll be next year at the earliest before I can go through the MCM program. $:\$

Brain_Power

Surprised no one has posted a 1 page resume yet...

Please enlighten us! A lot of board members are waiting!

NetworkVeteran

Brain_Power wrote: »

Surprised no one has posted a 1 page resume yet...

Please enlighten us! A lot of board members are waiting!

A great resume is a competitive advantage. I have a colleague with a similar technical background, and my offers were about $40,000+ higher. That wasn't entirely due to my resume--I'm often complimented on my communication skills--but my resume was clearly an asset based on the number and quality of job roles I was sent. I'm not going to give my resume away for others to use as a template. If that's what you were hoping for others to do, that seems unrealistic. However, if you post your resume, I'm sure others would help you polish it. I did just that yesterday! Perhaps you are already very satisfied with the number and quality of responses you get from your resume. If so, no worries! There's more than one way to skin a cat.