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’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.
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 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.