[EliRivers]

It is difficult, but it seems to be appreciated. Whilst I'm only one data point, the last time I was looking for work fully half of interviewers commented favourably (and even thanked me) on the fact that my CV was a single side of A4; I tell myself that if I can't convince someone in a single side of A4 that I'm worth interviewing, extra pages will only make things worse. It forces me to really think about which of my skills and experience will support my application.

[JoshTriplett]

I have a two-page resume, but it's split such that the first page is what potential interviewers will need to read and the second page is the stuff only HR's high-pass filters will care about.

[srathi]

This sounds interesting. If possible, please share an outline of your resume.

[JoshTriplett]

The first page has:

- Name, email, and phone number.

- "Free Software / Open Source Software Project Experience": a paragraph for each major FOSS project I've contributed to, and why those contributions matter. This section is most of what the engineers and managers responsible for interviews and hiring care about, and is directly responsible for getting me to the interviews.

- "Publications and Presentations": a list of presentations given at major conferences and papers published in journals. This is most of the rest of what those same engineers and managers care about.

Those two sections together take up the entire first page. I shrink or drop older or less relevant bits of the FOSS project experience section over time to keep it about the same length; the publications and presentations do actually spill over onto the second page, but the most important ones all fit on the first page.

The second page has:

- The remainder of the "Publications and Presentations" section.

- "Proficiencies": a list of keywords for languages, libraries, and technologies I have expertise in. Present primarily for people and search engines scanning for particular keywords.

- "Education": a couple of lines per degree, listing the degree, university, date, and GPA. Primarily for HR folks applying filters based on degree or GPA, or for managers looking for what level to hire at, although a sufficiently high GPA will successfully draw interest from engineers too.

- "Employment": Company, dates, and a one-line summary. Everything actually interesting about what I did in those jobs is on the first page under "Project Experience"; what's left is just the boilerplate.

- "Awards and activities": extracurricular stuff, academic honors, etc.