Folks recruiting for PE Ops/PortCo/Value Creation roles have you leaned more to 1 or 2 page resume? Got some helpful feedback from a headhunter that 2 page resumes aren’t necessarily bad for these roles.

Especially given that the company/fund isn’t getting the volumes of large corporates - so have more time to review

Any general tips on resumes for these roles would be greatly appreciated

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Submit two docs - single page resume and a deal sheet that can be multiple pages of all your projects. Traditional folks will really hate resumes over one page

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Honestly, they really just wanted to see the role I was in, sector focus, and what I studied for my specific role now. The rest of the deal/project experience came from just talking live with a variety of people. Not a lot of these operating partners or platform CEOs care to read all that stuff. They care more about how you carry yourself and if you can sell yourself well. You could be straight lying but if its persuasive enough, thats what they want. Actually testing you in the form of a case study or something is where they will figure out if you are smart or not. The rest is just how you speak and carry yourself tbh. Just my observation after recruiting and taking an offer relatively recently.

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For similar feedback that ~8-10yoe and beyond 2 pages is fine. I felt highlighting my industry experience pre-MBA/consulting was important which proved out as that was ~50% of conversations in interviews

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