If you are like most of the population, you give the piece a cursory glance before it goes into the trash can. Every once in awhile however, you see something that catches your attention and you spend some time reviewing the material.
Most people pass up any items that have extensive copy written on several pieces of paper.
Corporate recruiters and personnel managers are no different than you. If you want to get a potential employer to read your resume and not dump it into the trash can, then you have to understand the need for brevity. To begin with consider the problem of numbers. A personnel office can generally expect to receive at least 100 responses to a well placed, well designed employment advertisement. The number could even go to 200 or more.