if you have 2 years of experience, is an almost two page resume too long?

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Yes. Cut it down to 1.

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Wayy too long

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Yes. It shouldn’t be a listing of what you think is important, but what the person reading it will care about. Cut words and edit like mad. I have 15 years in consulting and I would only put 1 page.

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One page per 10 years, but even then, nobody wants to read all of that shit

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My advice was always to consider a situation where you only got to talk about a single experience in your final interview for a job you really wanted but your interviewer got to point to anything on the resume in front of them. If there is anything you wouldn’t want to be what represented you - take it off the resume.

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One page per decade and no one really cares what you did 20 years ago

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+1 None of that old stuff is going to be relevant, and will probably distract the recruiter. If you're a Director or VP then what relevance does your internship/first job have anyway?

Yes. Just the highlights that add value, made a difference

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Just make sure “succint” and “efficient communicator” are listed 😂

I kid I kid

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Keep it to a page. You’re milking it if it’s 2

The standard is one page per decade of experience. With 2 years of experience an 'almost 2 page long resume' is an absolute overkill

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I live by the rule 1 page per 10 years of experience.

^and after “succint”, put “excellent grammar"

all long resumes do is prove you don’t know how to be concise

Yes. I have 24 years of experience, but keep my internal resume to 1 page and external to 2 pages

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