old jobs on resume

[Anonymous]

I say leave it on but with no more than three lines total

[Anonymous]

and if it's a Fed job you really need 12 pages and every project you worked on!

[Anonymous]

Please fit your resume on one page.

My BIL recently graduated and has never had a real job and his resume was 2 pages. he thought there was no way to cut it down to 1 page. I edited for him.

[Anonymous]

You don't need a 2+ page résumé. Be concise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and if it's a Fed job you really need 12 pages and every project you worked on!

This. OP if you are applying for federal gov positions keep it as it is. If not, one page is the standard.

[Anonymous]

At the very least, OP, you need to get it down to 2 pages. It's ridiculous to have dangling sentences on a 3rd page. I also graduated in 2006 and my resume is 1 page. It used to be 2 until I realized I needed to be more focused. I think it's best to leave on all of your jobs since college to show your career path and that you were employed since you graduated, but really tailor the descriptions down. Some hiring managers do not want to see an unexplained gap in employment history.

[Anonymous]

Ok...been in one place too long but is the one page resume the standard for people who've been out of school for more than 20 years and have worked in several places?

[Anonymous]

I'm in the gov but use my resume a lot to send to .gov people interested in hiring me. So it's not a federal resume per se, but I am in the federal context. I graduated in 03 and it's 1.75 pages. A big chunk of the second page is awards I've won, which I figure no one reads but it looks nice that I have a lot of them. I keep my first couple internships on there because they're at brand-name companies and people always comment on them and are impressed by them. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I'm in a similar position. I graduated in 05 and my first position was very short-lived (6 months). I still keep it on because it is relevant in certain contexts and does not leave a gap in my resume (it only takes up 2 bullets).

I think that even at our stage (7-8 years experience), up to 2 pages is OK as long as you present it in an easy to read and concise nature. There is no way I could condense to 1 page and give any amount of detail at all. I have 3 degrees from different institutions which takes up space and have held multiple positions within an organization. I have gotten plenty of compliments on my resume so I don't think 2 pages is an issue. I would, however, question any more than that for a resume (not a CV obviously).

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for work at a less old-fashioned company/org, especially one with younger or more forward-thinking leaders... The one page limit is old news. As long as you have interesting things to say on your resume, the length doesn't matter. If it's verbose and uninteresting, then cut it.

Many HR review systems these days don't even take your Word doc or PDF anymore -- they want you to input your plain text into a system that will spit it out for someone to review. How do you count page numbers then?? You don't.