Jordie Sparkle ([info]mr_snow) wrote,
@ 2007-01-03 13:10:00
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My CV
So I'd never heard this expression before. After I filled out a job application that didn't allow me to include my own cover letter or resume, I get a request for my CV to continue the job application. I have never seen this acronym before so I promptly replied asking what it stood for. Apparently it stands for my curriculum vitae, which if you didn't know (I didn't) is the most pretentious name for resume ever.

Jordie out


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[info]sindark
2007-01-03 09:43 pm UTC (link)
A friend who is very knowledgeable about these things tells me that they are, in fact, slightly different.

A resume is, at most, one page long (single sided). A CV is more comprehensive, and can thus be two pages or one double-sided page.

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[info]mr_snow
2007-01-03 09:53 pm UTC (link)
Well that's good to know. I've always called it a two-page resume.

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[info]pamelalabella
2007-01-03 10:04 pm UTC (link)
in spanish we call resumes curriculum vitae.

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[info]chuckyx
2007-01-04 12:48 am UTC (link)
blame the brits...those wankers

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[info]aarrr_peee
2007-01-04 01:26 am UTC (link)
To me a resume is the all-purpose one, while the CV is more specific, formal and science-y. I could however just be making that distinction up. I keep versions of each, though. My resume has things like education, job experience, etc, while my CV has that plus other headings that no-one but science-y people care about, like "lab techniques" and "publications/presentations".

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[info]grahamshem
2007-01-04 10:42 pm UTC (link)
I call my resume my CV. Does that make me pretentious?

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[info]mr_snow
2007-01-05 08:14 am UTC (link)
Obviously

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SEE YOU THURSDAY DRUNK
[info]eurassia
2007-01-07 03:27 am UTC (link)
Yeah? Well paperclips man. I mean, fuck, they're coming in all sorts of "colours" now. Shit, those assholes.

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