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Comment on Ask HN: How long should an ideal resume be?

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2 pages maximum. I'll forgive you if a recruiter has bastardised your CV when they send it on to me.

One of the things I was taught about CVs is don't put down your job responsibilities, put down what you achieved. For example, in my last role, I was responsible for debt recovery in the company so instead of saying:

"Managed a team of 4 paralegals with responsibility for debt recovery across the group"; I said:

"Created a debt recovery team of 4 paralegals and put in place processes to standardise debt recovery across group achieving X days reduction in DSO and recovered over £XXXXXX in legal costs and interest"

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