If your resume exceeds three pages, it is imperative that you have a qualification highlights section. Again, because employers must go through so many resumes, it is very easy to skip over unreadable ones. In fact, if you do not have a degree and you have limited work history, it might be best to limit your resume to one page. Bullets, not paragraphs Long paragraphs are nothing but clutter on a resume. If writing a summary or objective, keep it to two sentences at the most.
Paragraphs make it difficult to see the main ideas or key points on a resume.
Lots of white space is good. Quantify your accomplishments Hiring managers want to see numbers - numbers are indicators of success. If you have had positions where you missed quota, it is important to pull out all of the positives. Number 1 salesperson for 1999. Consistently one of the top 3 salespeople in the company.