What is the standard length of a resume? I’m currently working with a “career coach”. Initially I turned in a solid one page resume. Now after all their “edits”, I’m up to 5 pages.

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I work at a large firm 3000 employees and am heavily involved in recruiting for my department.

Standard is 1 page, 2 if you absolutely must but better be good like you sit or have sat in multiple board of directors positions or won a noble peace prize.

Anything over that is working against you. Get another career coach.

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I would never read a 5 page resume… might as well get it laminated and bound at that point… one page, maybe two…

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Ouch, 1 page to 5 is rough, most recruiters in SG expect 1–2 pages max, so that edit likely hurt more than helped.

Out of curiosity, how much did the coach charge? And beyond the length, do you feel the content actually got stronger, or just longer?

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5 pages is a joke and not appropriate.

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3 max w cover letter 2 without pref. 1

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