Can a two-page resume increase your odds of getting hired?
一份兩頁(yè)的簡(jiǎn)歷能增加你被錄用的機(jī)率？

Until you’ve reached the mid-point of your career, or unless you’re in a unique industry like academia or medicine, your resume should always be one-page long, right?
在你到達(dá)職業(yè)生涯中期之前，或者除非你從事的是類似學(xué)術(shù)界或醫(yī)學(xué)界這樣的特殊行業(yè)，你的簡(jiǎn)歷總應(yīng)該是一頁(yè)，是嗎？

Maybe not.
也許不是。

Despite the long-held convention, a recent study has found that two-page resumes are actually preferred by recruiters, no matter the candidate’s experience level.
盡管這慣例由來(lái)已久，但最近的一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，無(wú)論求職者的經(jīng)驗(yàn)水平如何，事實(shí)上，招聘者更偏愛(ài)兩頁(yè)的簡(jiǎn)歷。

The study, conducted by resume writing service ResumeGo, found that compared with single-page resumes, two-page resumes increase the amount of time recruiters spend reviewing the applicant, and can ultimately improve the candidate’s likelihood of getting hired.
此項(xiàng)研究是由提供簡(jiǎn)歷寫(xiě)作服務(wù)的ResumeGo進(jìn)行的。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，與單頁(yè)簡(jiǎn)歷相比，兩頁(yè)的簡(jiǎn)歷可以增加招聘者對(duì)求職者的審核時(shí)間，最終提高候選人被錄用的可能性。

ResumeGo asked 482 recruiters, hiring managers and HR professionals to screen nearly 8,000 resumes in a hiring simulation, over 5,000 of which used at least part of a second page.
在一次招聘模擬中，ResumeGo請(qǐng)482名招聘人員、招聘經(jīng)理和人力資源專家對(duì)近8,000份簡(jiǎn)歷進(jìn)行篩選，其中有超過(guò)5,000份簡(jiǎn)歷的篇幅至少超過(guò)了第二頁(yè)的一部分。

The study concluded that recruiters were 2.3 times as likely to prefer two-page resumes, scoring their ability to “summarize the candidate’s work experiences and overall credentials” higher by an average of 21%.
該研究的結(jié)論是：招聘者對(duì)兩頁(yè)簡(jiǎn)歷的喜愛(ài)程度是一頁(yè)簡(jiǎn)歷的2.3倍，他們對(duì)“申請(qǐng)人工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)及整體資歷概括”能力的打分平均提高了21％。

Furthermore, when it came time to make a final decision, participants spent an average of more than four minutes reviewing two-page resumes, compared with less than two and a half minutes on those that were confined to one.
此外，在做最終決定的時(shí)候，參與者平均多花四分鐘來(lái)瀏覽兩頁(yè)的簡(jiǎn)歷，相比之下，單頁(yè)簡(jiǎn)歷的瀏覽時(shí)間還不到兩分半。

“We were pretty surprised ourselves,” says Peter Yang, the CEO of ResumeGo.
“我們自己非常驚訝，”ResumeGo首席執(zhí)行官，彼得?楊說(shuō)。

Yang says that after seeing candidates whittle their resumes down to a single page by increasing the margins, reducing the font size and even removing some potentially relevant information, he decided to test the conventional wisdom that forbids page two.
楊說(shuō)，一些申請(qǐng)人通過(guò)增加邊距、縮小字體甚至是刪除一些可能相關(guān)的信息，來(lái)把簡(jiǎn)歷縮減到一頁(yè)。他看到這種情況后，決定測(cè)試一下簡(jiǎn)歷不超兩頁(yè)慣例。

“I think that belief wasn’t actually grounded in any scientific data or research, and I’m not sure how it came about,” he says.
“我認(rèn)為，這種觀念其實(shí)沒(méi)有任何科學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)或研究依據(jù)，我不清楚它是如何形成的，”他說(shuō)。

Yang adds that if a resume doesn’t require two pages, job seekers shouldn’t take his study to suggest they need to add more information just for the sake of reaching the second page.
楊補(bǔ)充說(shuō)道，如果簡(jiǎn)歷不到兩頁(yè)，求職者不應(yīng)該覺(jué)得，這項(xiàng)研究是在建議他們?cè)鎏硇畔?，?lái)把字符碼到第二頁(yè)。

“It would come across as unnatural,” he says. “It would seem clear to the reader that you’re just adding in fluff.”
“這會(huì)讓人覺(jué)得不自然，”他說(shuō)?！白x的人很清楚，你只是增加了一些不重要的內(nèi)容。”

The study ultimately found that employers were 2.9 times more likely to prefer a two-page resume when hiring for managerial positions, 2.6 times as likely to prefer them for mid-level positions, and 1.4 times as likely to prefer a two-page resume for entry-level job openings.
該研究最終發(fā)現(xiàn)，招聘管理職位時(shí)，2.9倍的雇主更偏愛(ài)兩頁(yè)的簡(jiǎn)歷，中級(jí)職位招聘為2.6倍，初級(jí)職位招聘對(duì)兩頁(yè)簡(jiǎn)歷的偏愛(ài)為1.4倍。

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翻譯：Claire