{"id":42023,"date":"2018-06-05T19:04:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=42023"},"modified":"2018-06-10T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T17:33:19","slug":"mba-cv-resume-1-or-2-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-cv-resume-1-or-2-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA CV\/Resume: 1 or 2 pages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know this topic has been long discussed, but I still get questions from applicants who are confused about this and think that submitting a 2-page CV\/Resume will automatically disqualify them.<\/p>\n<p>So here in this post, I just would like to share my 2 cents on this topic as Admissions Consultant and as HR Professional.<\/p>\n<p>In general, a <strong>2-page CV\/Resume is good<\/strong> unless:<\/p>\n<p>(a) The school explicitly mentions 1 page in the application requirements<\/p>\n<p>(b) The 2 pages contain just fluff simply to make up to 2 pages<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of debate on the 1-page rule on both <em><strong>professional<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>MBA worlds<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <em><strong>professional CV\/Resume<\/strong><\/em> is easier to skim through by recruiters if it is only 1 page, so in a way it does increase your chances of being called for an interview. That being said, for people with +10 years of experience, it is very common to have a 2-page CV\/Resume. Rule of thumb is <strong>1 page per every 10 years of work experience<\/strong>. However, in any case, no recruiter will ever discard a candidate simply because his\/her CV\/Resume is two pages long. In my HR experience, <strong>I have reviewed thousands (<em>literally<\/em>) of CV\/Resumes<\/strong>, and I have never prioritized one candidate over the other just because the length of the CV\/Resume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <em><strong>MBA world<\/strong><\/em>, a 2-page CV is very common. MBA CV\/Resumes must portrait the applicant in a holistic way, not just professionally, this is why they tend to be longer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My advice to all applicants is to focus on content rather than length, and make sure all three aspects of your profile are covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(1) Professional Experience:<\/strong> start with you current or most recent full-time experience, and you can create a sub-section for any part-time experiences, internships or employment during college.<\/li>\n<li><strong>(2) Education:<\/strong> you may include here any extra-curricular activities during college as well, or create a sub-section under Other.<\/li>\n<li><strong>(3) Other:<\/strong> here you can be more creative. Typical sub-sections are: Personal Interests, Volunteering\/Community Service, Languages, International Experience...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once all the right content is in place, then a decision can be made to whether adjust content to 1 or 2 pages.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help crafting your CV\/Resume, feel free to <a href=\"mailto: info@arleeconsulting.com\">contact us<\/a> and ask for a <strong>CV\/Resume Review Package<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, and good luck to everyone!<br \/>\nAlex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this topic has been long discussed, but I still get questions from applicants who are confused about this and think that submitting a 2-page CV\/Resume will automatically disqualify&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2153],"tags":[2155,2154,723,1306],"class_list":["post-42023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-arlee-consulting","tag-cv-tips","tag-mba-cv","tag-mba-resume","tag-resume-tips","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42023"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42038,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42023\/revisions\/42038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}