And speaking of resumes … Heather wrote a great post final night about the death with the one web page resume. Here’s what I had to say in Heather’s comments section: Use as many pages as you need to document your experience WHILE still staying concise. I review all resumes online so I can't see page breaks anyway. I think the best resumes are ~2-3 pages because that gives you enough space to provide ample detail without getting long winded. As Heather says, don't worry about documenting ALL your experience, but provide enough detail so I can understand what your accomplishments, skills, etc are. A while back, I wrote a post called A great one-page resume for a technical candidate, and I still stand behind that format when you are applying for a purely technical role. If you look closely at the example I included in that publish, the sample resume is actually two pages long,
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