Applying for jobs after 10 years. I am a hands-on technical consultant and I have been designing solutions, coding, installing software, building applications etc.
Whats the best way to structure my resume? Should I stick to a 1-2 page resume? Or should it be more like a CV where every project is detailed with tools used?

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I use a combination in the order below. 2-3 pages max. I’d recommend 2 if you can manage it.

About top 1/4 of first page:
Intro/background
Industries/tech skills

Project highlights (I use it as a bucket to consolidate project experience). Way too many to list individually. I squeeze in industry, type of project, what I did and tech involved. I still make it look like 3 or 4 big projects though and gear it towards the roles I’m applying for.

Rest is each company and my specific role

Education/certs

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Max 2 pages.
First paragraph: description an overview of your career like technical consultant with so and year of IT exp implementing < include current technologies>
Area of expertise
Professional experience
Highlight key projects with measurable matrices ( not more then two sentences)
Certifications
Awards
White papers/ publications

Don’t bother include all years if not relevant to current market trends.

If you applying for cloud technologies don’t highlight too much on SAP OR ORACLE OR ERPs ..

My experience clients doesn’t care about your erp world experience they look what is relevant now ( AI, ML, Cloud)

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