Your curriculum vitae (CV) or resume is a summary of your relevant accomplishments. The two differ somewhat in format and expectations.<\/p>\n
The resume is intended to be a short (1-2 page) summary of relevant work, education, volunteer experiences, awards, and skills.<\/p>\n
Describe each experience in brief, denoting important skills, responsibilities, and successes using active verbs.<\/p>\n
Because the resume is intended to be short, it should be tailored for each use, presenting the most pertinent information. It may help to keep a master document with everything that you might include to make compiling the resume for specific use more efficient.<\/p>\n
See the Strommen Center Resumes and Cover Letters<\/a> page for templates and advice on how to make your resume as strong as possible.<\/p>\n A curriculum vitae (CV) is often used in academic settings in place of a resume. A CV is a longer portrait of a person’s academic work, including research projects, presentations, publications, honors, awards, and so on.<\/p>\n The CV is generally intended to represent the totality of your scholarly experience, so it will change very little from use to use, other than the addition of new information.<\/p>\n Though the CV is longer than a resume, you should still strive for concise writing that uses strong verbs to show you in action. See the Purdue Online Writing Lab advice on CV writing<\/a> for a great resource on effectively constructing your CV.<\/p>\n Strommen Center Resumes and Cover Letters page<\/a> (Augsburg University)<\/p>\n Introduction to Resumes and CVs<\/a> (Purdue OWL)<\/p>\n “185 Powerful Verbs\u00a0That Will Make Your Resume Awesome”<\/a>\u00a0(The Muse)<\/p>\n “CV templates to fit every stage of your career”<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/p>\nCurriculum Vitae<\/h2>\n
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