What is a curriculum vita, or CV?
CVs are commonly used in Europe and other areas of the world, such as Central and South America. They can many pages long, versus the 1 to 2 pages recommended for your resume. CVs tend to ramble on about your interests, your family background, and often include information that is against U.S. Federal law to ask you as a job candidate, such as your age, your marital status, your children, even race and religion information. A CV in the U.S.A. is sometimes used by job-seeker’s searching for positions in academia and some scientific/medical sectors, where long lists of published works may be noted. However, even then, in the U.S.A., we do NOT divulge the age, etc. questions.
