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Talked to a retiree at the dog park yesterday who said my resume was too long
This guy Ed spent 30 years as a hiring manager at a factory in Cleveland and told me nobody reads past the first job. He said my 3 page resume was making me look inexperienced because I listed everything I ever touched. I cut it down to one page last night and I'm wondering if other people here have done the same and seen better results?
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the_richard18d ago
Cut it down to one page six months ago. Got two interviews in the first week and an offer by the end of the month. The trick is to only keep what fits on one page no matter what. So you have to cut the old stuff and the filler. Like that summer job bagging groceries from 15 years ago, that can go. Same with listing every software tool you vaguely remember using. Keep just the last 10 years, put your biggest wins for each job, and leave the rest blank. Recruiters skim and they want to see if you can do the job right now, not your whole life story.
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michael89518d ago
Yeah that's the truth. I did the same thing and immediately saw more callbacks. Nobody cares about the random internship from 2005 or that one obscure program you touched for two weeks.
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