Free Tool
Resume Length Checker
Paste your resume — get word count, estimated page count, section breakdown, and a clear verdict on whether to trim to 1 page or expand to 2 based on your years of experience.
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Need to actually fix the length issues?
Run a free ATS scan to see what's bloating or thinning your resume — then use the Bullet Rewriter to compress bullets without losing impact.
How long should a resume be?
- 0–5 years experience: 1 page, 350–550 words
- 6–10 years experience: 1–2 pages, 500–850 words
- 10+ years experience: 2 pages max, 700–1000 words
- Academic/Federal CVs: exception — can run 3+ pages
Why these ranges? Recruiters spend 6-7 seconds on initial resume scans. Beyond 2 pages, content rarely gets read. Within ATS engines, longer resumes don't improve parsing — but worse-density bullets do hurt matching.