how long should a resume really be?
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General rule of thumb is no more than 1 page for every 10 years. I'm at 16 YOE and am at approximately 1.75 pages, though certs and education make up a sizable chunk of the second page.
So you should a resume with a length of 1/3 of a page
1 page.
1.1 pg
Just popping in here to co-sign with another comment. The general rule is 1 page for every 10 years of work experience. Please don't listen to the people saying "as long as it needs to be." I've worked in hiring departments across several industries and that is a huge annoyance.
The candidates who are able to briefly, yet eloquently articulate their experiences while keeping their resumes succinct almost always get the callback over the ones who "really just can't cut anything else out!" Hiring managers have neither the time nor the want to read your life story.
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Never thought of it as a rule of thumb, but I do the same as TM1. Over the years, I’ve started just consolidating experience into my more recent jobs as a lot of my work is project based anyway except for the internal sales/mgmt responsibilities.
As long as you want
1 page!
Make it as long as needed for the job you're applying for. I've had positions where I needed to demonstrate lots of applicable experience beyond my YOE and filled 2 pages, at 8YOE.
Content would be the same on 1 page, but people care about presentation and how it "feels" / presents
As a hiring manager, I’ve never read past second page. I’m not looking for a novel. I struggle to keep mine down to less than 2 pages though. As a side note, first 15 years of career are a quarter page. Last 8 make the majority - bounced around to lots of different roles in that time.