Nov 14- What's the difference between a Resume and a CV ??
By peachpurple
@peachpurple (13890)
Malaysia
November 13, 2017 9:50pm CST
I was hunting for some jobs online for the past few days. Real job with real money in hand. Guess what, all the job positions required a RESUME instead of a CV. However, my teenager told mme to send my CV because she got her job with a CV.
CV stands for Curriculum Vitae, a full detail of personal details, working experiences, educations and work objective. It takes 2 pages long to type this out! A Resume is a brief version of the CV, one page long and lack of further information. Honestly, I had seen the samples of Resume , really brief and comfortable to read.
I had sent out my CV as per my teen advice but got rejected. Should I send my Resume instead ? How would the employer know me through a not so detail Resume? Wouldn't a CV be sufficient?
Any advice?
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12 responses
@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 17
thansk for your advice, I have the working experience but not the training
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@sjvg1976 (41132)
• Delhi, India
14 Nov 17
@peachpurple no it depends what's the job and what is salary the applicant expecting.
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 17
thanks, I believed so too because I think most employers do not want a 40+ year old employee right?
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 17
@sjvg1976 administration job and the expecting salary is stated "around expected salary"
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
I usually would just submit my resume. CV is a lot to read for the HRD, so they require resume only.
They will just ask some questions about you in the interview, They take note of what you have to say. And if they like you, they will have their background investigation.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Nov 17
@peachpurple If what and where you claimed to have worked with are true.
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
17 Nov 17
what questions would they ask? anything personal ?
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
17 Nov 17
@SIMPLYD oh, so they don't ask personal questions?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
15 Nov 17
a resume can be like the bio data. i have my curriculum vitae but it is not the usual 2 page thingy. it is just in one long bond paper.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Nov 17
@peachpurple since i graduated, i was employed in only 3 establishments. i don't seek other pastures once i am satisfied with the work conditions.
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
21 Nov 17
@ridingbet I was young then, job hopping was common
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 17
how many jobs did you add into the working experience? I have 5 jobs, so it became 2 pages long
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 17
I thought so too, I sent my CV but was rejected, now I need to figure out what went wrong. was it the CV or resume or my age??
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Nov 17
So its like the curriculum vitae is the novel and the resume is the short story of it.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
14 Nov 17
A resume is a brief summary of your skills and experience and is usually one to two pages long while a CV is more detailed and can have more pages.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Nov 17
Sending CV is always a best option. If they have the suitable job for you they will definitely get back or else you always have other options
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@kobesbuddy (75108)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Nov 17
I've never sent a CV for a job, but a resume is basically the same thing. A list of job experience, from previous employment.
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 17
yes, but resume doesn't list out the employment details right??, just brief infor, right???
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