{"id":641,"date":"2018-05-08T04:58:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/?p=641"},"modified":"2018-05-08T04:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:58:24","slug":"how-many-pages-should-your-resume-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/career\/how-many-pages-should-your-resume-be","title":{"rendered":"How many pages should your resume be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How long should my resume be?&#8221; is one of the most commonly asked questions about resumes. Not too long ago, job seekers were told that a resume should never exceed one page. Those who broke this golden rule were destined for the circular file.<\/p>\n<p>Times have changed, and so has the criteria for resume length. The new guideline is: A resume should be long enough to entice hiring managers to call you for job interviews. That may sound vague, but there is no hard-and-fast resume length rule that works for everyone. Factors to consider include career objective, occupation, industry, years of experience, number of employers, scope of accomplishments, and education\/training.<\/p>\n<p>Keep these facts in mind when deciding on resume length:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your resume is a career marketing tool, not an autobiography. Strive to keep your resume concise and focused on your key selling points. Let go of past experiences that don&#8217;t market you for your current goal. Every word in the resume should sell your credentials and value to a potential employer. You should also leave something to talk about in the interview.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s common for employers or recruiters to sort through hundreds, or even thousands, of resumes to fill one position. Hiring managers often give resumes just a cursory, 6-second glance before deciding if the applicant deserves to be added to the &#8220;maybe&#8221; pile. While your resume will probably get a more thorough read if you are called for a job interview, ensure that your strongest selling points are immediately visible to make the first cut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Use a one-page resume if:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>You have less than 10 years of experience.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re pursuing a radical career change, and your experience isn&#8217;t relevant to your new goal.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve held one or two positions with one employer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Use a two-page resume if:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>You have 10 or more years of experience related to your goal.<\/li>\n<li>Your field requires technical or engineering skills, and you need space to list and prove your technical knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Put the most important information at the top of the first page. Lead your resume with a career summary, so your key credentials appear at the forefront of the resume. On the second page, include a page number, your name, and contact information.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Consider a three-page resume or longer if:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;re a senior-level manager or executive with a long track record of leadership accomplishments.<\/li>\n<li>You are in an academic or scientific field with an extensive list of publications, speaking engagements, professional courses, licenses, or patents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple-page resumes can use addendum pages after page two. Job seekers can decide whether to send the full document or just the first two pages to a potential employer, based on the job opportunity requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to writing your resume, size does matter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,124],"tags":[91,140],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-resume-and-cover-letter","tag-resume","tag-resume-size"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careerone.com.au\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}