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
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        16 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
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          15 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
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            15 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
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              14 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
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                14 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.