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Another Resume Condensing Question
I have been at my current job for almost four years. It was my first job out of college (aside from a six month internship).
I was just promoted last week (yay!), but it has long been my plan to seriously start job searching this year as my husband and I want to move out of our current city.
Looking at my resume--it is PACKED. Small font and difficult to read, but all on one page. Because this is the only job I've held, I have a section for each position with my responsibilities for each listed beneath it. I am looking to update it with my new position, but that will push it to 2 pages.
I'm pretty detailed in my description of what I do. I'm wondering if I should shorten each description to cut length?
And my internship was Summer 2007--almost 5 years ago. Should I just remove it? I don't really want to, as it was with a very large publishing/media company and my only other experience aside from my current job.
Re: Another Resume Condensing Question
If you only have 2 jobs and an internship, there's no reason you should be gonig to 2 pages. Condense away
If your internship is relevant to your current position, definitely keep. But again, condense. Focus on data and accomplishments, not just job duties
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I'm definitely no expert, but in a very similar situation as you and attempting to condense now.
I would keep the positions listed separately, as it still shows growth, and conceivably, different job skills/responsibilities even though it's all the same company. But the first two positions don't need to be quite as detailed as the current/highest one--you really just need to highlight the skills and duties beneficial to the new position you're applying for, not every single duty you've done there.
Agreed.