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When is it ok to have a resume more than one page?

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BigToque said:
He says statistically there are just as many qualified people in both piles, so he's not wasting his time going through every one of them.
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Oh, I can believe it. When the position that I was just chosen for (waiting for HR on the paperwork) was posted, I was told that there were over 500 resumes sent in for the position. Hard to believe....
 
Engineer said:
LOL. Well, you've got a 50% chance of losing the best candidate for the job that way, don't you! :awe:
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Well, if the guy who had that 35 page resume is in that stack, the chances of the best candidate getting the job just increased 😛
 
Hyperblaze said:
Those who say to keep it all on one page either don't have much to say, or they get burnt without realizing it.
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This.

One of my first jobs was with/as an IT Recruiter. When recruiters look at your resume, they want to see experience. If you give 'em one line .. it tells 'em either you didn't do much, dont have much experience there.. or can't communicate. Either way, you make a poor candidate.

I've been in the industry 12+ years, worked for 5 major corporations. My resume is 3 pages long. With what i did, and the systems i have experience on, there's no way to keep it to 1 page.

The days of 1-page resumes went out the door with Reganomics.
 
Fmr12B said:
Your internships should be cut to Date, Company Name, and 1 bullet point describing what you did.

Your senior project should be about the same as above.

All that stuff you did in college was necessary to land your first job, get rid of it on your resume and shrink it to one page.

If you have more than 10yrs experience I can see making it more than one page but you best have solid points and no fluff if your gonna make it more than 1 page.
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Yep. I normally will toss anything over a page unless they have 10+ years of experience. Most employers are the same. I don't have time to read all your crap, just enough to fast read them and pull a few that might have what I'm looking for.
 
BigToque said:
Just as an FYI, my uncle is really good friends with one of the wealthiest men in Canada and I got to speak to him for a while about the investment market before I took the Canadian Securities course. When I was speaking with him about applying for jobs, he flat out said he always takes the stack of resumes, cuts it in the middle, and throws one half out.
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Well, yeah. That screens for luck. You don't want unlucky employees working for you, right?

(The only problem is that if the company and/or job you're trying to fill sucks, you'll end up screening for luck the other way.)
 
oh, and as far as the OP: keep it to 1 page. 2 pages will be ok later, but it doesn't seem like you have enough experience to justify it yet. (Partly talking out my ass since I don't know you, but that's just my feeling.)
 
I've never heard a recruiter say that 1 page is necessary, or valuable. My resume is 2 pages, plus a reference page, plus a one page cover letter.
 
Do a Dwight Schrute and break it up into separate booklets: employment history, special skills, martial arts skills
 
evident said:
I am currently at my first job out of college (3 years at this place)and i had had three very significant internships...

Is this something i should be sweating? From my understanding you should only have more than one page if you're older or applying for more senior positions.
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1 page, unless your internships were EXTREMELY awesome, like perhaps: assisted developing the new nuclear warheads, or assisted in manufacturing next gen stealth materials.

Since you didn't even mention what the hell you did, I suspect it's fairly routine business internships. Those are 2-3 liners/job.

I bet you bloat your college experience, like it matters. Also, 2-3 lines unless you had some EXTREMELY awesome experience (see above). List your college, degree, GPA and that's about it.

Bullet points, use them. Don't bullet point a sentence.

Good luck.

Depending on how you count: Cover page (1), Resume (1-3) depending on experience, number of years, types of jobs, then referrals (1 page per).
 
x_86 said:
I bet you bloat your college experience, like it matters. Also, 2-3 lines unless you had some EXTREMELY awesome experience (see above). List your college, degree, GPA and that's about it.
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uh? who lists GPA after your first job? no one cares anymore.
 
I'd say it depends on the field. My wife is a pharmacist and it's pretty common to have a Resume & CV. The resume covers education and work experience. The 2nd page covers specific studies/programs/articles they conducted/participated/contributed too.

I personally have never had one go past a page for IT related positions.
 
I never put my GPA up the first few jobs I applied/went for straight out of college..
Maybe because it was IT related positions.

I could see it as a point to get across in a CV for specific fields but I still probably wouldn't do it on there.
 
x_86 said:
Ahh, good point. Most people wear it like a badge, but it's really useless even for the first job. Think I put it on there because -everyone- does it. 😛
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When my roomate applied for jobs in college, some wouldn't even interview him since he was less than a 3.0. He didnt list his GPA on his resume and was always asked it.
 
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