Keep your resume to one or two pages

How long should your resume be?

One or two pages.

Exceptions are:

• when someone has a great deal of relevant volunteer experience
• has written papers on their subject that are important to mention
• has the type of job where many short term projects are the norm, and consider it vital to let a potential employer know of them

In those cases, the resume should be written one or two pages as normal, and a third page added to list the extra information about the voluteer work papers or projects.

This allows the busy employer to read this resume as s/he would any others, and if it appears interesting enough for further consideration, s/he may then go on to read the third page.

The cover letter should clearly state that a third page has been added to give more detail on volunteer, papers or projects.

The third page should then be brief with headings only about each item. If the employer wants to know more s/he can invite you to an interview and ask you.

That, after all, if the goal of the resume in the first place!

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