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I appreciate the author's ability to use levity without sacrilege.

My current resume is 2 pages, and that's a recent adjustment. For the past 20 years or so I've kept it pared down to 1 page. It probably still could be if I removed some keyword padding for the resume scanners.

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Why? Are you trying to appear as a new grad?

If you have 8 pages of work experience share it, just make sure your first page has a summary.

As someone who has screened thousands of resumes, this is a terrible idea unless you're a government contractor or something where you need to give a full accounting of everything you did. If you can't summarize it in 1-2 pages, and you think every small thing you did is important, its already a red flag for most. At best it will just get ignored.

If I'm trying to get it past someone who is filtering thousands of resumes being able to quickly assess that I would be a good fit is important. The first page should tell the hr person immediately. The extra weight of a full resume with roles that match the position gives additional confidence pre-interview that carries through to the interview where the interview becomes a formality. That might be more important with smaller companies or smaller teams where finding someone they can trust who can perform the job is important and you do not have blind rounds of interviews with random teams not connected to the onboarding.

Let the hiring manager fall in love with your resume by showing it to them.

My resume is 9 pages but I only supply it on request. Potential employers find me on LinkedIn. Automatic keyword matching leads to longer resumes. I'm afraid your approach is very much in the minority.

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