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kenzie · Chanel

Resume question

Andrea Julia · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: NylaBelle
"I am redoing my resume and I am trying to fit it all on one page, but I just can't. I've blown out the margins, shrunk the text to 10 pt and I still can't. I have too many internships and website experiences that I need to include. Is it okay to have a resume that's more than one page?? "

I think it is fine as long as everything is relevant. It is better to have it two pages and readable than to have one page of tiny font and no white space.

kenzie · Chanel

Thanks, AJ. I decided to go with two pages. It is almost two completely filled pages and everything is relevant to the positions that I'm applying for.

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I think 2 is acceptable but over 2 is just too long. Just make sure to put the really relevant stuff on the first page in case they don't wanna flip to the second page. They'll be able to see the important stuff first.

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I was always taught to stick to one page, but if you have that much experience, they'd be silly to overlook you because of a second page. Just make it an actual second page, and don't print it on the back of the first.

Another thing to consider is to list qualifications and skills and such in categories instead of highlighting every job. That way every entry doesn't list a similar skill over and over again. I've seen some people who did basically the same tasks at different companies, and they just had basically the same info under a different company heading. I'm sure you wouldn't do that, but some people can't see past listing everything by each company and trying something new.

hth

-gd

kenzie · Chanel

quote:

Originally posted by: greendiamond
"I was always taught to stick to one page, but if you have that much experience, they'd be silly to overlook you because of a second page. Just make it an actual second page, and don't print it on the back of the first. Another thing to consider is to list qualifications and skills and such in categories instead of highlighting every job. That way every entry doesn't list a similar skill over and over again.

This was actually my old format (which I actually did to get it down to one page), but I've done enough different things that when I list by job, I can list different skills and qualifications. The old format highlighting skills and qualifications didn't get me one interview, so now I'm trying something different. I also felt that the old way left things out that were important and it was really easy to miss things. So, hopefully, this one will be better.