Looking for some general resume advice.

keeping things to one page? I've got like 8 years of experience

Do freelance stints need bullet points? It was during COVID and I didn't make any book worthy work.

At what point should you remove an internship from the doc?

I have an okay handle on gaming out ATS and using jobscan (open to other resources), but answers to the above or general advice is very welcome. thank you!

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One page for anything below CCO.

Just play the hits, your book is all that really matters.

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One page. List your title, clients, time at each agency. List any awards. List your school. List your email. That’s it. Your book is all that matters really.

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thanks for the replies!

obv trying to bypass job portals and talk to a person, but is there something to be said for hitting ATS keywords to get my stuff in front of an actual human if I am submitting cold or doing outreach but also just checking the box of applying to the listing

I'm figuring it is way, way more widespread and certainly used at places lots of people want to work at. It's never been easier to gin up a resume and cover letter via chat/claude/etc.

totally insane to have an AI vetting system to combat a deluge of ill-fitting or AI generated resumes, but there's so many people applying and I'd imagine increasingly fewer humans looking at stuff (or just on staff on the talent side)

holdcos (and even some indies) pushing so hard to have AI follow through on its promise. think every department is being forced to implement/use garbage AI tools due to directives from top.

All to say, obviously better to reach out to a person and let them put a face to a name. Just trying to be smart about doing the perfunctory application portal while reaching out to people too.

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