Resume question: 1cm margins?

Do whatever makes the resume take up exactly one page, without going too small on the font.

How many of you add an Objective statement? I've heard yes and no.

yes. i think it helps to show your interest in whatever your objective is, esp when there are so many resumes to go through

I think objective statements almost always sound lame and take up valuable space.

The objective statement is stupid.

Objective: To obtain an investment banking analyst position that allows me to leverage my considerable skill set.

How does that tell the resume reader anything they don't already know? Obviously you want the analyst gig - you submitted your resume for it.

All it does is provide you the opportunity to sound like a pompous ass. And waste precious space.

free up that space, put in some interesting, value-added and eye-crabbing shit.

LOL @ "valuable space"

For some other jobs, perhaps they are valuable. For banking and PE/HF don't put one on.

Do NOT put an objective statement.

While attending a resume workshop at my school, 1" margins were recommended. However, I think that is too much space to go unused. In fact, I just reduced my margins to .25" on each side, which is probably the minimum for most laser printers. And it's best to leave out an objective, it's pretty pointless.

no objective statement; replace it with Personal Interests. It will give you something OTHER THAN banking, academics, previous experiences to talk about. Make it an activity that the interviewer can relate to, such as travel, a sport, etc.

Not claiming to have the official answer here, but I print with .5" margins (both for top/bottom and for sides) on pretty much everything (e.g., docs in Word, models in Excel).

Any thing higher takes up too much of the page's space, and any thing lower can cause problems for older printers (no idea why this happens, though).