As a recruiter I get this question a lot:
"How long should a resume be?"
Here’s the deal: A trend started during the 90's of smooshing everything onto one page only. Some people still believe its taboo to go over one page. I'm here to tell you it's not.
I typically tell people its okay to have it be between one to three pages. I usually prefer two tops, but three are okay if it's full of actual viable information and not just "fluff". (Us Resume Reviewers can spot "fluff" in a heartbeat. Don't even try it. Objective statement? References? You don’t need to include them on your resume. Share something useful – like skills or experience.)
Now there is an exception to the one to three page rule and that is this:
If you are in a very particular trade, say you have a PhD in Epidemiology or you're an Astrophysicist...then of course it's expected that you have many pages as you will essentially have much more to talk about. Those resumes tend to go up to about seven pages. Of course that's unusual, so most job seekers should stick to the one to three page rule.
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How does my resume and email look, is it stopping unable to get one interview, Thank you Donna (edited)
Hi Donna! I had to edit your comment due to the inclusion of your personal information. I think these articles will help you: http://www.snagajob.com/resources/resumes-applications/.
As a professional resume writer I have always advised clients by the ten years to one page rule. For every ten years experience you are justified in adding another page. The rule is not an absolute, but it works more often than not.
I know this is drastically off topic, but I see you have focused heavily on grammar and spelling in several of your posts. In many of these posts, if not all, you use the phrase “us Resume Reviewers” (‘us’ being an objective pronoun) in the subjective form, I.e. in place of the subject of a sentence or clause. I just wanted to draw your attention to this, one grammarian to another and without insult, as to illustrate the ease that even professionals may make mistakes.
Ah, thank you! A great example of how you can never be too careful.