My CV

[mr_snow]

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

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[sindark]

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.

[mr_snow]

Well that's good to know. I've always called it a two-page resume.

[pamelalabella]

in spanish we call resumes curriculum vitae.

[chuckyx]

blame the brits...those wankers

[aarrr_peee]

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".

[grahamshem]

I call my resume my CV. Does that make me pretentious?

[mr_snow]

Obviously