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What's a CV?
You've spent the last weekend writing and rewriting your resume, and now you learn you need something else entirely -- a curriculum vitae. Take a deep breath, calm down and prepare for some reassuring advice.
- A curriculum vitae is essentially another name for a resume. In other words, you don't need to prepare for a wholesale reworking of your resume so much as you need to think about adding detail and reordering what you've already got.
- Is your brief, US-style resume acceptable to a potential international employer? It may be. Check with the company.
- US companies looking for workers to live abroad will still want a US-style resume. Don't bother with a CV.
- Check out our guide for turning your resume into a CV for additional assistance.
The purpose of this article is to both provide information and facilitate general dialogue about various employment-related topics. No legal advice is being given and no attorney-client relationship created. Please see the disclaimer for further limitations and conditions.
