Two-page resume...

I just started looking for a new job, and when I peaked at my updated resume it was two pages. This includes awards.

If you answered nay, what essentials are you looking for on a resume?

 

Omit your award for second-place in the county fair belching contest, and I think you'll see it will all fit on one page.

 

"yay" but I only have references on it. I have my education, work experience, skills and awards on the first page, and references on the second. I forget who I heard it from / where I saw it, but I've always heard to stick it to one page, unless you want to do references on a second page.

 

One page. Don't make your prospective employer have to work too hard. Chances are that if it's a two-pager, the first glance it will get is from the trash can.

Also, at the end of a resume there should be one statement - "References available upon request."

 

I'll echo Jeremy.
Stick to one page if at all possible. Maybe look at how you've organized the bullets/sections etc. to save some space.
I do have a separate reference sheet, and much like Cougargirl said, I note that it's available upon request.

 

Normally I agree, Cougs, but in my case, I break out references onto a second page, so either they can take it or leave it.

The resume itself is one page, and if they wanna keep looking and look past the references, and go straight toward the clips, go for it.

 

Thanks for the advice so far. I'll have to cut some stuff.

Excuse me, it was first place and it wasn't even close.

 

This is why I heart farmerj.

 

That and Nipplegate.

BTW, should that be on my resume under skills?

 

Don't the first and last statements here contradict each other? If you don't want him to work that hard, shouldn't you make it so he doesn't have to request references?

I understand the general sentiment here, but unless a candidate is padding and stretching his resume, how much extra work is it to just flip a damn page. I have the same set up as Jeremy, references on the second page.

 

"Can lick 20 nipples per minute."

 

I did NOT participate in Nipplegate. I just recorded it for posterity.

That being said, fuck, I wish my resume took up a full page. Even with four references, it doesn't barely fill a page. I suck.