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Curriculum
Vitae
by
ResumeEdge
Remember when I said that
there is an exception to every rule
in the resume business? Well, here's
another one. In most cases, resumes
should be concise and limited to one
or two pages at the most. You will carefully
select your information to provide a
synopsis. In the professions, however,
a much longer resume is expected and
the longer the resume, the better your
chances of getting an interview. Those
industries generally include medicine,
law, education, science, and media (television,
film, etc.). If you are applying for
a job in a foreign country, long resumes
with more detail and a considerable
amount of personal information are the
norm.
Such a professional resume
is called a curriculum vita (CV) from
the Latin meaning "course of one's
life." For those of us who have
trouble knowing how to spell the word,
vita is singular and vitae is plural.
A successful CV will include
not only education and experience but
also publications (books, magazines,
journals, and other media), certifications,
licenses, grants, professional affiliations,
awards, honors, presentations, and/or
courses taught. Anything relevant to
your industry is appropriate to use
on a CV, and the resume can be as long
as it needs to be to present the "course
of your life."
A CV--or any resume with
multiple pages for that matter--must
contain a header with your name and
page number on each successive page.
Should the pages become separated, the
reader should be able to easily put
your subsequent pages in their proper
order and with your resume!
Sample CVs:
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