What is a Curriculum
Vitae?
The Latin expression “Curriculum vitae”
(course of life) refers to a written account of one's past
history, used when applying for a job. “Curriculum vita”
or “vita” for short, as it is cited in many documents,
is incorrect since, in Latin, a genitive singular feminine
noun as “vita” (life), from the first declension,
ends in "ae" not "a."
In American English usage, Curriculum vitae
(CV) is used primarily when applying for
- international,
- academic,
- educational,
- scientific,
- research,
- health-related positions or when applying for fellowships
or grants.
Curriculum Vitae vs Résumé
A Curriculum Vitae is a longer and more
detailed synopsis of one’s professional life than the
resume. It includes a summary of your educational and academic
background as well as teaching and research experience, publications,
grants and fellowships, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations
and other details.
When should you use a Curriculum Vitae
If you're seeking a faculty, research, clinical, or scientific
position involving substantial amounts of research and teaching
you will need a CV or Curriculum vitae instead of a resume.
While the
re are many similarities between a Curriculum Vitae and a
resume, there are also several differences in both content
and format.
For both, Curriculum Vitae and resume, EasyJob is an expert
system that provides the information and guidance you’d
receive from a professional human-resource counselor.
How to write an effective Curriculum Vitae
As with any self-marketing document, an effective Curriculum
Vitae will combine elements of content and format in ways
that reflect your own unique background and job search goals.
EasyJob has a Curriculum
Vitae structure especially designed for persons who can show
a long work history with a continuous rise in job involvement
and responsibilities and without significant periods of inactivity.
Once you have selected this structure from the several ones
that the application offers, EasyJob in a step-by-step process,
will help you gathering all the information necessary to create
your Curriculum Vitae.
As you begin the process of writing the Curriculum Vitae,
your goal should be to generate a list of all things that
could be a part of it; you must focus on brainstorming and
be inclusive.
EasyJob helps you in this first step giving advice and organizing
the information into categories (Education, Teaching and Research
experience, Publications, Grants and Fellowships, Professional
associations, Honors and Awards and other information relevant
to the position you are applying for).
Curriculum Vitae Tips
Among the several tips, you will find bibliographic citation
rules for your publications (books, journal articles, presentations
at national or international conferences, etc.).
What to include in your Curriculum Vitae
At this first stage, don’t evaluate the content yet.
Decisions of what to include and what to exclude will be easier
once you have a good idea of all the information with which
you are working.
You, together with guidance from EasyJob,
will create powerful content that succinctly and clearly describes
all your work experience and achievements in an impressive
way, while omitting statements that could damage your professional
image.
Also don’t spend too much time on formatting, or how
the document looks on the page. Once you have a good idea
of how you may like to organize your Curriculum Vitae, you
will have the opportunity to choose the right format among
25,000 templates provided by
EasyJob.
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