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.

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.

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.

One.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

+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.)

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 wrote: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.

+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.)

2 pages -- got this advice from my outplacement consultants -- unless you're in your first couple years of a career.

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.

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.

I'm a lawyer too and I thought that one page was the standard - the rest can go on your cover letter

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

One page, maybe 2 if you have more than 10 years experience. I'm a lawyer.

Mine is almost three, but not "busy." Heavy use of bullets. Twenty years experience but not a lawyer.

Two maximum, if you are experienced.

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.