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[jelgate]

I'm not serious. I don't give out that kind of personal information. But how true is the one page rule. My research has been mixed on going to a second page. Some say no. Others say its okay

[Nolamom]

Unless you have a great deal of relevant experience, I would keep it to one page. Personnel managers are not going to spend a lot of time looking at resumes - they need to see right up front at a glance that you have the requisite training/experience/background that they need. You can always give them more detailed information at the interview.

[Falcon Horus]

A functional CV as we were taught... which would mean mine is full of graphic design experience which is useless when applying for other jobs...

[Meaghan]

My resume is 3 pages. But then, in academia, resumes that are longer than 1 page are more the norm than in other places. I've seen resumes of professors that are 10-20 pages when they include all their published works.

[Falcon Horus]

My actual CV is 2 pages long - no long text, all bulletpoints.

[Nolamom]

bullet points is a good way to go for business. Like I said, personnel managers are looking at lots of resumes all the time, they don't want to wade through a bunch of junk to find out that you're maybe qualified.

[jelgate]

That point was universal in my research but I was mixed in page length due to the more common practice of submitting resumes online.

[Nolamom]

really depends on the job - as was mentioned, in academia the resumes or CVs tend to get very long-winded. But in business, two pages is pretty much max. And for a young person without a huge amount of *relative* experience, one page would do it.

[jelgate]

Some sources agree with you Nola. Others don't.

[Nolamom]

I must admit, I haven't been an office manager (and looked at lots of resumes) in a long time, so some things may have changed. There are some really good tips to be found through the LinkedIn network. Sometimes they put together several short articles on business practices, employment strategies (including resumes), what never to do at work - that sort of thing.

[jelgate]

I bet it was before the Internet

[Nolamom]

actually, it mostly WAS *shudders*

[jelgate]

You should have told Al Gore to go faster

[Meaghan]

And he should have done it without the use of fossil fuels too.

[jelgate]

Use nuclear power.


What? Its not fossil fuels