 Good afternoon,
The Merit Hiring Plan prohibits the current longform federal resume structure and requires federal agencies to limit resumes to two pages. Starting September 27, 2025, USAJOBS will enforce a two-page resume limit for all resumes. This includes resumes stored in a job seeker profile, new uploaded resumes, resume builder resumes, and searchable resumes in the Agency Talent Portal (ATP).
To ensure a smooth transition, agencies that collect applications through USAJOBS must close all open job opportunity announcements (JOAs) by Friday, September 26, 2025. This includes open continuous announcements. Agencies may open new JOAs starting Monday, September 29, 2025. This action is necessary to ensure that everyone who applies to a JOA is held to the same resume length requirements.
For JOAs open between now and September 26, agencies must ensure the open period supports the minimum open period requirement with a closing date on or before September 26, 2025. The two-page resume requirement should be clearly stated in the “How to Apply” section of all JOAs that open on or after September 29, 2025.
Searchable resumes will be removed from ATP on September 27, 2025 to ensure all ATP resumes meet the two-page requirement. ATP users can continue to download resumes and/or export candidate contact information from campaigns until September 26, 2025. Starting September 29, 2025, agencies can begin resume mining and creating new campaigns. As job seekers populate their profile with searchable two-page resumes, USAJOBS will re-populate ATP for resume mining in real time.
To prepare job seekers for this change, USAJOBS will:
- Post banners on USAJOBS.gov encouraging seekers to act now to limit their resume to two or fewer pages.
- Update help center content addressing the two-page resume limit.
- Post updates and resume best practices to the USAJOBS LinkedIn page.
- Update the Resume Builder feature to limit builder resumes to 2 pages.
- Email job seekers with searchable resumes to make their two-page resume searchable.
Additionally, USAJOBS will coordinate with agencies that are actively hiring to minimize any potential impact of this transition.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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