Re:Ask HN: How important is it to stuff your CV into one page?
by platzhirsch on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @01:31PM
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I have worked as a working student for more than half a year, also I will write my master thesis in the industry dealing with "real world problems". On page 1 are: Skill list, Education, Experience with details about the work done. Page 2 is only sugar: my skill set ranked with year and self-evaluated knowledge, awards, certifications, activities. But you would say anyway that it would do more harm then good?
Re:Ask HN: How important is it to stuff your CV into one page?
by yashchandra on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @01:58PM
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"But you would say anyway that it would do more harm then good?"
Not at all. It may not do any harm but it may not do you any good necesarily. Usually, recruiter/managers scan only for 2-3 seconds unless they find specifics that they like.You can keep Page 2 of course. There is no hard and fast rule.
Re:Ask HN: How important is it to stuff your CV into one page?
by platzhirsch on Monday June 25, 2012 @12:26PM
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"[...], I did not mean to insult his experience earlier. [...]"
No offense taken, you had an absolute valid point there and even with my experience (which is not that much) it's out of question that I can shrink it to the size of 1 page.
EDIT: since the OP has clarified his experience, I did not mean to insult his experience earlier. But like i said, for recent graduates, usually 1 pager is good enough in the US at least. It could be different for other countries. For example, I know that in India, people even add their date of birth etc. on their Resume/CV which is actually not required/recommended in the US.