resume basics

The Golden Rule of resumes

If you pay attention to only one item in this article, let it be this: Your resume should be no longer than three to four pages. Less is more; two pages is much better than three unless you are a very senior director/CEO, in which case it is acceptable to go to a third or fourth page. There are almost NO circumstances under which a résumé should be longer than four pages.

Many resumes arrive at Avanta every day. Most of them contain information that is unnecessary and irrelevant, but omit other essential information.

All recruitment consultants have horror stories of the six-, nine-, ten-, even fourteen-page resumes.

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