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CV vs Resume

I've noticed a lot of people have been labeling their resumes Name_CV when they email them to me lately.

CV sounds so pretentious when there are no academic appointments/articles actually in the resume/CV.

Re: CV vs Resume

  • It's a common part of a lot of resume template names though, so I suspect that's where the CV in the file title comes from.
  • Please to expand on the positions/backgrounds of the people doing this.  Are we talking admin and/or janitorial staff type positions? 


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  • imagesandsonik:
    It's a common part of a lot of resume template names though, so I suspect that's where the CV in the file title comes from.

    that makes a bit of sense.

  • Kore!Kore! member
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    If it's just in the file name and not written at the top of the resume, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise, I'd think it's pretty pretentious, too.
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  • imagemysticporter:

    Please to expand on the positions/backgrounds of the people doing this.  Are we talking admin and/or janitorial staff type positions? 

    attorney

  • image3.27.04_Helper:
    imagemysticporter:

    Please to expand on the positions/backgrounds of the people doing this.  Are we talking admin and/or janitorial staff type positions? 

    attorney

    It was my understanding that attorneys were a profession that used CV's as the accepted document, rather than resumes, so that doesn't really shock me.  

    At one point my CV didn't have any publications in it, but I still used a CV because that's what was accepted for my profession.   

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  • image3.27.04_Helper:
    imagemysticporter:

    Please to expand on the positions/backgrounds of the people doing this.  Are we talking admin and/or janitorial staff type positions? 

    attorney

    That makes me think it's deliberate.  I can see situations where an attorney would have a CV with pubs etc. rather than a resume, so I wonder if these folks saw more experienced and/or academic orientated attorneys using it and thought it sounded better.


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  • imageEmiIyJ:
    image3.27.04_Helper:
    imagemysticporter:

    Please to expand on the positions/backgrounds of the people doing this.  Are we talking admin and/or janitorial staff type positions? 

    attorney

    It was my understanding that attorneys were a profession that used CV's as the accepted document, rather than resumes, so that doesn't really shock me.  

    At one point my CV didn't have any publications in it, but I still used a CV because that's what was accepted for my profession.   

    I've always associated CV for academic positions and europeans. The resumes that i've been getting are from 4th tier law grads and are several pages long (which most CVs are)

  • CV is the preferred term in my industry as well for whatever reason. I use the word resume very infrequently. 
    "We tend to be patronizing about the poor in a very specific sense, which is that we tend to think,
  • imagemxolisi:
    CV is the preferred term in my industry as well for whatever reason. I use the word resume very infrequently. 

    That's probably because your industry is very international.  Resume is very American.

    I don't know that it's an attorney thing - working with recruiters in the US they want resumes and people elsewhere want CVs.

  • image3.27.04_Helper:

     The resumes that i've been getting are from 4th tier law grads and are several pages long (which most CVs are)

    I think we've stumbled on the reason... 

  • imageStrawberryBlondie:
    image3.27.04_Helper:

     The resumes that i've been getting are from 4th tier law grads and are several pages long (which most CVs are)

    I think we've stumbled on the reason... 

    lol

  • CVs and resumes are different. It sounds like they are sending a cv ( based on length alone so I am not sure) so they are appropriately labeling. I don't get the problem?

     

     

    I prefer cvs. I hate making everything into bullet points. I'd rather lean more about a person. But I send resumes usually because Americans don't like to read lol.

     

     

    It took me forever to get anyone to respond to my job search in London because I was sending out one page resumes. Finally someone who received my resume informed me. Now I think cvs are so much better. I get their POv. But whatever. I roll with whatever people want. I go with the flow. When hiring though, I also wish for more than a one page resumes where the applicant can pick ANC choose and just prove one bullet point per job. 

  • I work in clinical research and we use both. CVs obviously make the most sense for physicians who are published, have specific trial experience, etc. 

    For me, probably not as much, but I go with it;) 

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