Resume - how many pages
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Anonymous
| About to hit the job market and it has been a long time since I updated my resume. I had always heard a resume should be one page but recently saw a couple examples of two page resumes. So one page or more? I am a lawyer looking for a law job, in case that makes a difference. |
Anonymous
| Two maximum, if you are experienced. |
Anonymous
| Mine is almost three, but not "busy." Heavy use of bullets. Twenty years experience but not a lawyer. |
Anonymous
| One page, maybe 2 if you have more than 10 years experience. I'm a lawyer. |
Anonymous
| I'm a lawyer too and I thought the rule was one page and the rest of the stuff can go in your cover letter |
Anonymous
| I'm a lawyer too and I thought that one page was the standard - the rest can go on your cover letter |
Anonymous
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I am a lawyer and the standard is one page. You've got to be pretty special to have a two-page resume. We kind of snicker at the 2 page ones. Maybe if you've got 20 years experience.
But truthfully, I rarely read the bullets. I look at where you worked and how long you were there, and skim through the bullets. |
Anonymous
| I'm not a lawyer but I always think shorter is better. In my field (policy analyst) I sometimes see kids straight out of school with multipage resumes but little actual substance, and it just makes me want to toss the document. |
Anonymous
| 2 pages -- got this advice from my outplacement consultants -- unless you're in your first couple years of a career. |
Anonymous
+1 from another lawyer. The only times I've seen two-pagers done well were when the second page was a list of applicant's relevant publications, or detailed examples from applicant's 20 years experience in the relevant field. Notice in both cases the second page was relevant to the job: two pages to cover off-topic publications or broad experience just makes me think you can't edit. (I do read the bullets though, so please put something substantive in there.) |
Anonymous
PP here who says I don't read the bullets. To clarify, once I've done a first cut, I will read the bullets, but I hate the bullets that just drag on and on. |
Anonymous
| One. |
Anonymous
| I'm an attorney and my resume is two pages. I have almost 10 years experience. I've never had anyone snicker and have interviewed & gotten offers at top places in in-house, gov't and private firms. |
Anonymous
| I was 13:20 w/near three page resume. I should have explained, it's written currently written for federal jobs. Resumes are initialy screened by complete morons who are unable to determine that "Lead attorney in successful defense against multiple-count indictment in high-profile criminal case" means, implicitly, that you were able to operate a shoe horn before reporting for work. If the latter is contained in the job requirements, you must address it in my world, unfortunately. |
Anonymous
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One page for most people.
One and a half for an advanced degree and/or 15+ years of related experience. Two pages for an advanced degree with publications. |