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Comment by markszcz | Hacker News Reader

I'm sorry but whats a CV? Im assuming its a resume?

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Guess I should have googled harder: A curriculum vitae, commonly referred to as CV, is a longer (two or more pages), more detailed synopsis than a resume. (http://jobsearch.about.com/od/cvsamples/a/blsamplecv.htm)

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I've never come across that distinction before.

In the UK, a CV is the catch-all term for what's called a resume in the US. Conventional wisdom is that it shouldn't be longer than 2 sides of A4 paper.

I wish some of the people that have submitted CVs to me knew that "conventional wisdom". There's nothing quite like trawling through someone's entire detailed job history, including an exhaustive list of their responsibilities at Big Fat Burger when they were at college.

I once applied for a job that stipulated "all CVs longer than one side will be ignored". I got through to the interview and commented on what a good idea that was. He said, "you wouldn't believe how many we get that are still 5 sides long......".

What if your job history is relevant to the position at hand? Do you submit a shortened resume with the points that you would like the respective company to see and bring a copy of the longer one in case they ask?

Steve Yegge had a great tip for non-academic US job applicants on properly spelling CV. See tip #3.

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/09/ten-tips-for-slightl...

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