What's the difference?
RESUME vs CV
Curriculum Vitae
is Latin for “course of life” It is an in-depth document which describes the whole course of your career in full detail. LENGTH: It’s usually two- or three-page long but can just as well be laid out over 10+ pages, if necessary. CONTENT: It contains details about your education, professional career, publications, awards, honors, and other achievements. PURPOSE: In the USA and Canada, a CV is used only for academic applications: academic jobs, grants, research fellowships, etc.
DIFFERENCE in
FOR THE USA
Length
Content
Purpose
RESUME
or résumé, from French “to sum up” LENGTH: It's usually a short document (1 to 2 pages) PURPOSE: It's used for job applications. It is to provide recruiters with a brief overview of the candidate’s work history. A good resume should be targeted at a specific job. CONTENT: it summarizes your career history, skills and education
FOR THE REST
In other regions of the world, such as the UK, New Zealand and parts of Europe, employers use the term CV to describe both CV and resume-style documents and don’t use the term “resume” at all. In South Africa, Australia and India, the terms CV and resume are often used interchangeably. In some countries they consider the best CV something between american CV and american resume
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What's the difference?
RESUME vs CV
Curriculum Vitae
is Latin for “course of life” It is an in-depth document which describes the whole course of your career in full detail. LENGTH: It’s usually two- or three-page long but can just as well be laid out over 10+ pages, if necessary. CONTENT: It contains details about your education, professional career, publications, awards, honors, and other achievements. PURPOSE: In the USA and Canada, a CV is used only for academic applications: academic jobs, grants, research fellowships, etc.
DIFFERENCE in
FOR THE USA
Length
Content
Purpose
RESUME
or résumé, from French “to sum up” LENGTH: It's usually a short document (1 to 2 pages) PURPOSE: It's used for job applications. It is to provide recruiters with a brief overview of the candidate’s work history. A good resume should be targeted at a specific job. CONTENT: it summarizes your career history, skills and education
FOR THE REST
In other regions of the world, such as the UK, New Zealand and parts of Europe, employers use the term CV to describe both CV and resume-style documents and don’t use the term “resume” at all. In South Africa, Australia and India, the terms CV and resume are often used interchangeably. In some countries they consider the best CV something between american CV and american resume