It annoys me even though I’m still in the U.S.

Edit: For everyone saying CVs and resumes are different, that might be literally the case, but that is not how job applications are using them. I just went to this one:

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    11 days ago

    Some people say that a resume is a shorter CV. But even a CV should only include the things relevant to the task you’re using for.

    • charles@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      11 days ago

      Not traditionally. A CV should contain essentially everything whereas the resume is tailored to the specific position.

      CVs are much more common for academic positions but I’ve also seen them required for very specialized roles.

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        10 days ago

        How do you explain that in Europe pretty much all countries only use the word CV then for any job?

        • charles@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          10 days ago

          By saying that I didn’t realize it was different in Europe. Often when we (Canada) do something different than the US, it’s because it’s closer to how it’s done in Europe and I assumed this was one of those cases.

          I’m planning on looking into this more when I have some free time as I’d like to understand where our approach to both documents came from.

          • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            10 days ago

            Fair enough :)

            In all countries in Europe I’ve been, CV is used both as a “life document” and a targeted document to a specific job.