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Found out today that 70% of hiring managers spend less than 60 seconds on a resume, which honestly explains why my carefully formatted two-pager got zero callbacks.
I stumbled on that stat from a survey on LinkedIn (of all places) and it hit me that I needed to ditch the fancy layout and just put my key wins right at the top, has anyone else had luck with a single page resume over a detailed one?
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maxhart6d ago
Used to think more pages meant I was showing off more experience, figured hiring managers would appreciate the thoroughness. But after reading that stat I cut my resume down to one page and started leading with my biggest numbers, like how I boosted sales by 40% at my last job. Got a callback within two weeks from a place I'd been trying to get into for months. Made me realize all that extra stuff was just noise getting in the way of what actually mattered.
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xena_williams6d ago
YES same here. Just cut mine to one page with my biggest wins bulleted right under my name and started getting interviews within a week.
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