The Wall Street Journal

It’s Time to Rethink the One-Page Résumé

AI bots are reading job applications, and yours might not contain enough information to impress them

Illustration of resumes being scanned by AI
Illustration: ELENA SCOTTI/WSJ, ISTOCK

The job seeker’s gospel commands that a résumé fit on a single page. It’s time to rethink that tenet as artificial intelligence screens more job applications.

A one-pager is designed to highlight your credentials for busy hiring managers who won’t take time to read a second page anyway. But there’s no need to cater to a human glance if a bot is going to read your submission instantaneously.

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