Going over a page by a margin on resume - should I cut it down? (cover letters, employment)

[LinkSmith]

I heard it is best to have your resume fit into one page or two pages full but my resume is one page and 1/5 pages long. Does that look really bad?

I looked at what I could cut out and there are a few things that doesn't relate to the job but is a type of boasting that hopefully makes me look good.

[Blinx]

There's a good discussion on just that topic here: Margins for cover letters

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by LinkSmith

I heard it is best to have your resume fit into one page or two pages full but my resume is one page and 1/5 pages long. Does that look really bad?

I looked at what I could cut out and there are a few things that doesn't relate to the job but is a type of boasting that hopefully makes me look good.

Resumes can be 2 pages long. Not sure where this silly rule came from that a resume has to be one page. That's not even possible if you been in the workforce for more than 10 years.

[Charles]

My resume is almost three pages long. It's more important that the right content is there for the electronic resume scanners than it is if the resume is not too long.

[ChargerMatt]

I think it depends if you are sumitting it electronically or in-person. The electronic resume algorithms are looking for buzz words and if you submit more, you have a better chance of hitting those buzz words. In-person I think it's best to have a 1 page for convenience sake...

my $.02