Ask HN: Can an ideal resume be 1 page for normal people?

4 points by sreenadh 10y ago ↗ HN

I just happened to see Elon Musk's resume at http://www.businessinsider.com/elons-musk-resume-all-on-one-page-2016-4. Its seems more like a marketing gimmick for NovoResume or a PR stunt for Elon Musk & all of his companies. Can a normal person who is famous get by with a resume with one page? I am a software developer and I have been struggling to limit my resume to 2 pages, I give my linkedin id in case they want the details.

I am curious to get responds from recruiters or people who have to look at a ton of resumes as a part of their job.

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liquidcool 10y ago ↗

It's a lot less about size than content. I've written about this in detail here:

http://www.madeupname.com/careercourse/resume-tips-developer...

I'd say the two most common issues are typos (especially capitalization) and weak phrasing that hides what you did.