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No resume is needed just provide your FB link.
I recommend 1 page per year, be very explicit about what you did
Chief
I send my biography to prospective employers.
One page total. Shows you can summarize a lot of information in a concise way
Or that you haven’t done much in your career. Depends how you cut the narrative.
Chief
Genuine question: why does everyone think it needs to be one page? The old rule of thumb?
I said this in another thread but it kind of behooves you to have a longer resume in the age of keyword matching. I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with one page. Sure, it’s consolidated and you can then talk to it....but I look at a fair number of resumes and so long as it’s formatted well I don’t really care at all if it’s 2-3 pages. Really would like to understand the thought process around shorter is better, particularly when they are electronic 95% of the time these days.
Chief
I guess it depends on how you’re communicating. I’ve seen multi page resumes that were not clear at all....I’ve also seen some very clear multi page resumes 🤷🏻♂️. If you question my communicative ability over number of pages, seemingly arbitrarily, that’s kind of on you vs my ability to communicate.
Mine is 4 pages. 10+ YoE.
Posted and interviewed at all big 4 consulting firms, received offers at two (roles that were a better fit). Posted at two big banks (received offers at both). Posted at FB and SQ. Turned SQ down, in process with FB.
I do not include details on LinkedIn. Only job title, company, and employment dates.
Look, I’ve done a lot of things that necessitate a good sized resume. If I were only a consultant for 10 years, believe me, my resume would only be 1 page.
2 pages or less, I think unless you're in a very specific field (academia, federal government, etc). Big Tech is not one of those exceptions
1 page. That’s more than enough
1 page per decade of experience is good
Please please keep it to 1 page irrespective of your YOE. Anything worth saying can be condensed to 1 page, nobody wants to read more than that.
That’s why you make it skim-able - no one has to read the entire thing. I keep getting interviews with 4 pages.