Ten Tips for Shortening Your Resume
*Use a denser typeface such as Times New Romanò€”publishers often resort to this trick when authors submit manuscripts that are too long.*Reduce the type size of the body text to as low as 10 points but never lower. You want employers to be able to read your resume.
*Combine your address, telephone, and e-mail to fit together on one line, separated by bullets.
*Cut your margins to as little as one-half inch, but not smaller. With margins less than one-half inch, your words may start to disappear during printing.
*Rather than using a bulleted list for short items such as continuing education courses, run the items together on one line and separate with bullets.
*Lower the point size of line breaks by reducing the font size on those lines.
*Remove any indents to text or lists. Most readers don"t especially like to have to bounce their eyes all over the page to see where the text starts anyway.
*Instead of describing your skills in sentences, list them as words in multiple-column format within an "Areas of Expertise" section.
*Take another look at content. Do you see anything whatsoever on the resume that does not demonstrate your qualifications for your targeted position? If so, consider removing it.
*Eliminate some of the content in your job descriptions. Chances are the hiring manager already understands what you do. Focus on your achievements instead.
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Thomas Jefferson noted, "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." With a bit of this talent and a little design work, you can reduce your page count while making your resume more relevant.