Description
Sending a 3-page resume to a job? It’s probably going straight into the trash! Do you know the critical differences between a *resume* and a *CV* (Curriculum Vitae)? While they look similar, using the wrong one for a job application or a university program can cost you the position. We’ll look at the differences in length, purpose, and content so you can sell yourself effectively, and move up to the job interview stage. Do you want me to edit your resume or CV? Contact me through my website, https://editorproof.com .
In this lesson:
0:00 Resume & CV: Similarities
5:28 Resume & CV: Differences
11:34 What to put on your resume
16:47 What to put on your CV
Transcript:
Hi, everybody. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. In today's video, I want to explain to you the difference or differences between a resume and a CV. A CV is a curriculum vitae. Vitae, I'm not exactly sure how to say it. Nobody says that. They say CV. Now, these are very similar, but also very different documents that you use to submit to apply to different situations, different positions. So I'm going to start by showing you some of the similarities, and then I'll get into the differences that are very important to understand when you're starting to create these documents.
So the similarities. First, both of these documents are an opportunity for you to sell yourself. You're selling yourself to an employer. You're selling yourself to an educational organization or institution. Basically, this is the first opportunity that they have to judge you, and that's exactly what they're doing with these. They're judging you to see if they want you to come be part of their team. So keep that in mind, because if you can't sell yourself to yourself, you can't sell yourself to anybody else. Take it very, very seriously, because this might be your only chance to get where you want to go.
So, both of them are written in chronological order. Everything that you're listing there - your job experiences, your educational experiences, your awards and special situations - are all listed in chronological order, meaning starting from the most recent and going down to the oldest or last situations, okay? In most cases, unless you just finished high school, don't include high school on your resume or CV. Everything from then on, unless you were doing, like, volunteer work during high school, which is relevant, but I'll get to that in a moment. Both of them use lists, you're just listing places you've been and things you've done in those places. Both of them should use a lot of action verbs. More important for the resume, but also important for the CV. Action verbs show you're doing something, not just being there, right? Not just existing somewhere. Action verbs, always preferred. Careful wording. This is super, super important. And I may have mentioned this idea in other videos. Always show them something, don't just tell them something. To write "hardworking" on a resume means nothing. Why? Because everybody can say the same thing. What your idea of hardworking is and what my idea of hardworking is might not be the same. So, your idea of hardworking and your potential employer's idea might not be the same. Show them that you're a hard worker by giving them concrete examples of hard work, saying out-of-the-box thinker, yeah? Anybody can say that. What does that mean to you? Hardworking, what does that mean to you? Team player, what does that mean to you? Show them. Don't just say these words because these are just cheap words, empty words, right? Choose your words very carefully.
When you're done, when you think you're done, you're not done. Once you have your CV or your resume finished, go back very, very carefully. Every single word, every single hyphen, every single number, edit, proofread, edit, proofread. Don't be satisfied with the first draft because it's almost guaranteed there is some mistake in it. There's some little flaw that should be fixed. And the problem is that if you don't see it, the employer might, the school might. Always try, if you can, to get somebody else to look at it because fresh eyes will see things that you missed. In your eyes, you already know what you wanted to say and you think it's there, but it might not be there, right? Spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, punctuation mistakes, very easy to miss. Try to get somebody else to look at it or edit it, proofread it, put it away. Wait three, four, five days, think about other stuff, look at it again, carefully, edit, proofread, edit, proofread. […]