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NER: Resume question
I'm helping a new department interview to fill their version of my job. I've gone through 3 resumes in the last 3 days and they are all over 3 pages long.
I thought 1-2 pgs was the standard for resumes. Is that not the case now? B/c today's interview is a 4pger and I already dislike her based on it.
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Re: NER: Resume question
The last I heard on "rules" regarding length, is 2 pages max. If it's a creative/artsy job (graphic design, journalism, etc.) there are usually portfolios that accompany it. But I wouldn't want to read anything more than 2 pages.
I was always told one page unless you've been in the field for a while, or have several publications. I had to switch to two for those reasons, and no one's said anything negative about it.
But there's no way I would ever go above that unless someone was specifically looking for a c.v., for a teaching or reseearch job or something similar.
Okay, I'm not crazy then. I just realized that there are only 3 jobs on this resume. There is no reason for it to be this long in a 10pt Times New Roman.
I wish they had just hired the first girl.
I've always been told 1 page max.
The only exception to this is if you are an expert witness and have a ton of publications and teaching positions. ?
A 4-page resume is someone who can't edit their own story. What's left to talk about in the interview?
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I would probably have a chat with HR about this. ?That's just?ridiculous. ??
One page max unless you have been in your field for decades and are published or have extensive work behind you that is relevant.
For everyone else (the vast majority of people) everything that needs to be said can be said in one page. Cover letters/interviews can fill in the rest.
At my old job, we wouldn't even look at resumes that were over one page. They were simply tossed.
I think one page is preferred but I have heard that 2 is allowed. Personally, there is NO WAY I would bother reading a 4 page resume.
In my industry its common for people to have both a short-form and long-form resume and use discretion about which to send under the circumstances. The short form usually a standard 2 pages, unless you have less than 5 years of experience in which case I will not even look at a resume with a staple in it (seriously, EDIT people. I do not need in-depth information about a 3 month internship in an unrelated field you had at 19).
The long resumes can be 5-7 pages, but it's generally because everyone in this industry does stints of consulting work where you can work on 6-7 major projects in 1 year, in different countries; and because many people tend to have at least a full page of publications. You also have to list every country you've worked in, all of the languages you speak and the approximate profiency in reading/writing/speaking that you possess in all of them. Tack on 2-3 masters degrees and maybe a PhD and yeah...it gets long.
I've seen some that were one and a half plus a reference page (mine, for example).
Did they include a cover page, or as it just a "resume blast" kind of thing?
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