Is it necessary for my entry-level resume to be limited to one page to increase my chances of getting hired? How can I optimize my resume by removing irrelevant information like non-IT related job experiences and generic skills such as “teamwork” and “time management”? What are hiring managers looking for when they quickly review a resume for entry-level positions? #EntryLevelJobs #ResumeTips #OnePageResume #HiringManagers #ITSkills
I agree resumes should be short.
For new young applicants out of school I recommend in work history to show jobs you had in high school or college.
Why? Most folks coming out of high school or even college, never worked a day in their life.
All things being equal I would hire someone with any work experience that knows how to have a boss. Over a new hire where I am their first boss.
But maybe that is just me being someone that didn’t start college until I was 28 and took 7 years to get degree working 50 hours a week, married, two kids, house and cars that I maintained and did my own lawn.
I respect when people go to school and work at same time.
Why was this post down voted!? This is great advice. 2 pages are for 10 year+ professionals. This is a gold nugget that a lot of new comers probably need.
I’m about to baffle and possibly enrage you.
When I was in hospitality, I once reviewed a 17 page resume. Well I received it, I didn’t look at it.
For a cook/sous chef in a small restaurant.
Guy was mid/late 30s, listed every single place he’d ever worked. Only ever worked in kitchens. He worked seasonally. 3 months at a summer resort in jackson hole, 2 months in yosemite, 5 months at a ski resort, 2 months at an Alaskan wilderness camp, 3 weeks in a random town in between seasons, etc. So LOTS of restaurants.
My guy. You can just say: Line cook, 12 years. Sous Chef, 5 years. Exec Chef, 3 years. Throw some covers and revenue numbers in. List some categories you’ve cooked in. Culinary graduate. No substance abuse or sexual harassment issues.
Boom; done. Without needing 17 pages.
He listed every single job in online applications too. He once picked a fight with HR because he ran up against the software’s hard limit for number of jobs and was upset he couldn’t list his high school fast food job.