Is a two-page resume okay?

[Anonymous]

I am applying for a job, but the skills I am using are specialized skills I did a few jobs ago (20 years ago). I want to show I've been active and involved at my current jobs, but I want to have space to get to 4 jobs ago. Is it okay to let my resume go to two pages? I have a number of awards and presentations I would like to list as well, though most were in college and grad school.

Applying for a research tech position at NIH.

[Anonymous]

Skip the college and grad school awards and presentations since they seem to be at least a decade old. I think you should concentrate on highlighting how you've used these skills pertaining to this job recently, not 20 years ago. You want them to be interested in you from the start, not once they get to the second page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skip the college and grad school awards and presentations since they seem to be at least a decade old. I think you should concentrate on highlighting how you've used these skills pertaining to this job recently, not 20 years ago. You want them to be interested in you from the start, not once they get to the second page.

Could the awards go on the second page?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am applying for a job, but the skills I am using are specialized skills I did a few jobs ago (20 years ago). I want to show I've been active and involved at my current jobs, but I want to have space to get to 4 jobs ago. Is it okay to let my resume go to two pages? I have a number of awards and presentations I would like to list as well, though most were in college and grad school.

Applying for a research tech position at NIH.

Good news, there are no rules with federal resumes. I’ve seen them 10 pages long.

[Anonymous]

Can you do two columns on one page? One wide column for more descriptive items and one narrow for bulleted lists? That's what I did.

[Anonymous]

If it's fed, you can go hog. Some agencies are limiting to 5 pages now.

[Anonymous]

Headhunter here. Two pages are fine.
NIH likely receives many that are much longer.

[Anonymous]

Two pages are fine nowadays.

[Anonymous]

Look at Barack Obama LinkedIn profile as a good example a short resume

[Anonymous]

Do a skills based resume instead of chronological.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do a skills based resume instead of chronological.

Might be fine for private sector, but for fed, make sure you include the years you worked at each place and the number of hours very clearly. HR needs that to calculate your years of experience to make sure you meet the requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do a skills based resume instead of chronological.

Might be fine for private sector, but for fed, make sure you include the years you worked at each place and the number of hours very clearly. HR needs that to calculate your years of experience to make sure you meet the requirements.

Actually - it should be year and month. If the job posting requires two years, they will count 24 months.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PPs. 2 pg is normal for mid-career employees.

Fed posting read the reqs carefully. the HR screeners have no idea about anything and will screen out in a very robotic way.

[Anonymous]

Ain’t nobody gonna read that shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do a skills based resume instead of chronological.

Might be fine for private sector, but for fed, make sure you include the years you worked at each place and the number of hours very clearly. HR needs that to calculate your years of experience to make sure you meet the requirements.

Add that as a separate worksheet attachment for the specific person who needs it.