Candidates

Resources and guidance for job seekers in media, marketing, and creative industries. From crafting your personal brand to navigating the hiring process, Candidates gives you the tools and insights to position yourself as the standout choice.

One thing we see a lot here at Scouted is young job seekers, either right out of college or with only a few years experience, applying to jobs with resumes over two pages in length. Even if said job-seeker went to an amazing school, had the best internships, and spent every minute of free time in relevant extracurricular activities, there’s no reason why a recent grad should need a resume over 2 pages. Here, we want to give you a couple reasons for why you’ll want to keep your resume single (paged, that is) and how to do it if you’re having trouble cramming it all in.

How to Keep Your Resume to One Page

We all know it. The competition to snag a high-demand job is fierce and every little bit of resume power helps. Or does it? One […]