The modern resume

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I know what my biases are, but I haven't interviewed anywhere lately, and haven't interviewed more than a dozen candidates or so for my employer.

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If any of the things I consider optional directly relate to the work you're applying for, and convey a sense professionalism, then they would be appropriate. If you you really want/need to go to two pages, I'd put the meaty stuff on page one and the optional/older stuff on page two. Either way, my personal feeling is that if it doesn't relate directly to the work you're apply for, it doesn't belong on the resume. If that means there's a huge gap in the timeline, then I would divide my resume into "Relevant Experience" and "Other Experience" -- or find a way to spin the "other" stuff so that it's relevant. That's my take on resumes, at least.