Re: difference between CV and resume.

Peter Moylan <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
cybercypher wrote:
"Kane" <boykane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

what is the difference??

There is none. CV is Latin and résumé is French. They are both
summaries of your education and work life.

I know that CV is more detailed and formal, while resume is not,
but what exactly should be comprised in a CV and resume? anyone
help me out here,

"CV" is used in academia and "résumé" is used in the business
world. That's the major difference.

But that leads to a further difference, because in academia they
are interested in things like your publications, research grants,
etc. They are also interested in what subjects you have taught,
what administrative responsibilities you have had, and so on. For
that reason, an academic CV can well be ten pages long. (Longer
for someone with a lot of publications, shorter for someone just
starting out.)

Most other employers don't want all that detail. They want a
summary that will fit on one page, i.e. a résumé rather than a
detailed account. Typically it will list your name and contact
details, your main qualifications, and a list of jobs you have
held.

When I used to interview EFL teachers for my high school in Tokyo, I
always got novellas from Australians and New Zealanders. They went
into great detail about every aspect of their educational and
professional experience. I always asked for a résumé because I wasn't
interested in the monster-tail length CVs that a few PhDs sent me.
CVs are sent strictly to universities when apply for teaching and
research jobs, in my experience.

Anyone who asks for both a CV and a résumé will probably expect
the first to be a detailed document and the second to be a
one-page "executive overview".

Yes, I agree. But I would never expect a university to ask anyone but
non-teaching staff to submit a résumé.

Opinion is divided over whether the spelling of "résumé" should
include the French accent marks over each "e". The best thing to
do about this is to copy the spelling used by whoever is asking
for it.

True. There seem to be four ways to spell it:

résumé, résume, resumé, and resume

I always use the first or the fourth.

--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan.
"It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally
shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007;
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/
teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee


--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: difference between CV and resume.
    ... CV is Latin and résumé is French. ... summaries of your education and work life. ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: difference between CV and resume.
    ... CV is Latin and résumé is French. ... summaries of your education and work life. ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: neck break
    ... No, it's an intentional hyperforeignism, a French insult/double ... education. ... Your ignorance of your own language is obvious enough, ...
    (rec.martial-arts)
  • Re: pupils und students
    ... French "étudiant") is reserved for higher education or university ... many children and teenagers are subject to compulsory ... education: by law they are required to attend some form of school. ... "Pupil" = unterliegen Disziplin ...
    (de.etc.sprache.misc)
  • Re: pupils und students
    ... French "étudiant") is reserved for higher education or university ... many children and teenagers are subject to compulsory ... education: by law they are required to attend some form of school. ... "Pupil" = unter akademischer Disziplin ...
    (de.etc.sprache.misc)
Loading