My resume got way more calls after I cut it down to one page

I kept sending out my old two page resume for months with almost no replies... then a friend in HR told me to trim it to just the key stuff. After I made it one page last week, I got three calls in two days. Has anyone else seen a big jump from making their resume shorter?

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thomas_torres8d ago

Ever see a resume so long it's basically a novel? My buddy had one like that, full of every tiny job duty. He cut it down to just the big wins and got way more interest right away. Guess they really do just want the highlights.

thomas_torres8d ago

Watched my cousin go through the same thing last year. He had this huge resume with every single task from his last three jobs. A recruiter basically told him nobody reads all that. He made it one page, just the job titles, companies, and a couple big things he did at each. Started getting calls the next week. Makes you wonder why we ever thought more pages were better, right?

avery_ross8d ago

Wow, that's wild! But honestly, I think the magic is more about cutting the fluff than the page count itself. If you have 15 years in a technical field, two pages is totally fine (you know, as long as it's all good stuff). The key is ditching the basic job duties that everyone has. Like, instead of "answered phones," you'd say "managed client intake which improved scheduling by 20%." So it's less "one page only" and more "every line has to punch.