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What is a good length for a resume?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you are just starting your career, you should try to have a one-page resume.
A person that is mid-career should have a two-page resume, but it doesn’t hurt if you can get the key information across in one page.
Technical people have two to three pages simply because to list all the IT systems, protocols and software and hardware they are familiar with takes space.
If you are a C-level professional or have been in the work force a long time and have a lot to talk about in the resume it could be up to three pages in length.
A CV can be a novella. It is very long. A CV is common in Europe, and is used in the States for doctors and professors due to their lectures and publications.
Just be sure to keep your resume short and sweet with a lot of your best accomplishments to wow your audience.
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