Curriculum Vitae and Resumes are both used in jobapplications. They have the same intent which is to state the facts about theapplicant’s education, work experience, skills and accomplishments. The maindifference between the two is the way these facts were presented. A resume is aone or two page summary of your skills, experience and education. While aresume is brief and concise – no more than a page or two, a Curriculum Vita isa longer. The CV is usually presented in a format known as reserve chronologicalorder, that is, the individual have to highlight their present job circle inthe beginning as this allows, the reader to go through the individuals presentjob experience on the first hand and more detailed synopsis. A Curriculum Vitaincludes a summary of your educational and academic backgrounds as well asteaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors,affiliations and other details. He word résumé (often spelled resume or resume)is used especially in the United States and in English Canada; the Latin termcurriculum vita (often abbreviated CV) is instead used in the United Kingdom,Ireland, New Zealand, French Canada and some Commonwealth countries, as well asin the academic fields in North America, and in many languages other thanEnglish. In some regions (such as Australia and India) CV and résumé are usedinterchangeably. Different countries have preferences for either the CV or theResume in the job market. American employers tend to be partial towards the resume,whereas elsewhere in the world, CVs are considered favorable. It is also oftenquoted that CVs are recommended for academic and research jobs where lengthydescriptions help clarify the different tasks accomplished in a project.CVincludes research and teaching experience, publications, grants andfellowships, professional associations and licenses, awards and otherinformation relevant to the position you are applying for. Start by making alist of all your background information, and then organize it into categories.

If you are looking for a job, then it is very important that you understand how to offer yourself in the best way to an employer. This is done by writing a ‘CV’ (curriculum vitae – Latin for ‘life story’), Called in some countries a ‘resume’. Different countries may have different requirements and styles for CV resumes. So you must follow the correct practice for your culture and country. However, we will try to give you important principles and advice. A CV resume is quite simply an ‘advert’ to sell your self to an employer. There are several basic types of resumes used to apply for job openings. Depending on your personal circumstances, choose a chronological, a functional, combination, or a targeted resume. Taking the time to target your resume is well worth the effort. Once your resume is stored electronically, employers use keywords to match the stored resumes with their open positions. In order to find the resumes, employers (and recruiters) use keyword searches, usually a boolean search. Recall your career plan as this will be your basis for determining the resume format that will suit you most. Reverse Chronological format is the good resume format for traditional and conservative industries like academe and law and especially suited for those applicants aiming to stay in the same profession or position. The Functional format on the other hand is appropriate for new graduates and individuals who want to make a comeback in their profession. And for those applicants who want to shift careers or those who have diverse employment backgrounds, the Combination format is the most recommended resume format. Nonetheless, regardless of the format, all resume contain the same information that should be presented and stated very well to yield positive result.

Avoid using charts, pictures, tables or graphs in your resume. These rarely make it through. If you have information that needs to be in that format, consider an addendum to your resume or, perhaps, a web page that you have created that stores the information, with a link to the web page from your resume.

Use a simple font. Do not use a decorate font. Times New Roman and Arial parse most accurately and are the “standard” fonts for business communication, which your resume is. Use a standard font size. For business communications, fonts of 10 and 12 points are the norm. If you are applying for a job where it’s important to show off your formatting or creative skills to land a job, such as a Web Designer or Graphic Artist position, distribute copies of your fancy paper resume at interviews. Better yet, send both a fancy and plain resume format, or create a fancy Web resume and portfolio, and include the URL in your emailed resume or cover letter.

A sharp focus is an extremely important resume element. Given that employers screen resumes for between 2.5 and 20 seconds, a resume should show the employer at a glance what you want to do and what you’re good at. In a recent study by Career Masters Institute, employers wanted resumes to show a clear match between the applicant and a particular job’s requirements. A “general” resume that is not focused on a specific job’s requirements was seen as not competitive. In an even more recent study by CareerBuilder.com, 71 percent of hiring managers preferred a resume customized for the open position.

marketing documents show the product in the very best light, which means using whatever most outrageous tactics possible to make you look good. As long as you are not lying, you will be fine. Here’s an example: You join a software company that just launched a product and the product had so many problems that they had to hire someone to handle the calls. You start doing the tech support, and you work tons of overtime because the calls are so backed up. You clean up the phone queue and then you start taking long lunches because there’s not a lot to do, and then you start job hunting because the job is boring.

Objective statements should be detailed enough to give the employer an idea of the job you are applying for and the skills you possess. If an objective statement is too difficult- you may use a “Skills Summary” instead. Some employers actually prefer a Skills Summary to an Objective Statement. Work with your Career Services Advisor to find what works best for your field.

Education should again be formatted as stated in Example 1.

Bullet points should all be the same size and lined up vertically down the page. Jessica Best, Assistant Director for Career Advising at the University of Oregon stated on LinkedIn that one of her dislikes in a resume is “distracting bullet points [such as] stars, arrows or smiley faces”. It is best to be ‘professionally plain’ when using bullet points.

Your personal interests are not there to make you look interesting. They are there to get you an interview. Every line on your resume is there to get you an interview. So only list personal interests that reveal a quality that will help you meet the employer’s needs. If you are in sports marketing, then by all means, list that you kayak. If you were an Olympic athlete, put it down because it shows focus and achievement. If you are a mediocre hobbyist, leave it off. Personal interests that don’t make you stand out as an achiever do not help you. And personal interests that are weird make you look weird and you don’t know if your interviewer likes weird or not, so leave weird off the resume. If you have more than three fonts on your resume and you’re not a designer, you’ve botched the layout. If design was easy, no one would get paid for it. Recognize your strengths and keep design elements to the bare minimum.

It is difficult to point out the difference between the two.In the Indian context, I guess one could say that there is no difference between them. A “bio-data” is a resume. A native speaker, on theother hand, may not understand what you mean by “bio-data”. The worddoes not exist in most native varieties of English. The words commonly used bynative speakers are CV (curriculum vitae) and résumé. In India, however, theword `bio-data’ is much more common than the other two. Résumé – very well defined,most commonly used. Strictly One Page, include Experience, Education, Skillsand contacts of course – specifically customized to target the job profile in questionV – is more detailed, 2-3 pages, can even run in to 30 pages (one of theprofessor in my department have 30 page CV). CV generally means people whowants to hire you, doesn’t have a very specific requirement – for exampletechnical skill – but mostly are looking for talent which can generate businessor opportunity for him/her. Bio Data – is very old fashioned word, i thinkmostly used as a key word in India for government jobs? This is, i think,Resume + Biography, specifically requiring legal things like – date of birth,nationality, residence, very clearly. A resume is a one or two page “summary”of your skills, experience and education. Generally no longer than a page ortwo. Bio-Data files concentrate more on the individual and his attributes likeheight, weight, color, skin complexion,…and more that describes the person thebest. Biodata is a commonly used psychology term for biographical data. Biodatasurveys are in the form of multiple choice questions. In India, Pakistan, andBangladesh, a biodata is essentially a resume plus physical attributes, suchhas height, weight, hair/skin/eye color, and a photo.

An application form is a form created by the employer tocollect information from job applicants. It may include much of the sameinformation as a resume, but it is organized for the convenience of the employer.A resume includes a work and salary history, educational history and jobobjective.

The Objective is basically the resume section that containsthe career plan statement of the applicant in relation to what the employer orcompany looks for. The Objective Section is written beneath the portion of theresume that includes the applicant’s name, address, contact number, and emailaddress. Frequently, the career objective is written as one paragraphconsisting of one to three sentences only. If you include an objective on yourresume, it’s important to customize the resume objective to match the positionyou are applying for. The more specific your resume objective is the betterchance you have of being considered for the job. Resume objective should not betaken as a complementary part. Most of the time, applicants are very detailedin preparing the other parts of resume, but they cram in writing their careerobjectives. Do not make the same mistake. I would easily cost you theinvitation for your job interview. If you make a mistake many do, and forexample write you want to have own business in five years, then you can hardlyreceive many interview invitations – they do not want someone who’ll leave inone year time to start his own career… Please, never forget on this. Objectiveis job specific. When the candidate is applying for several companies, heshould also create definite objective for each of them depending on what eachcompany look for. The candidate must never settle for bland or generalobjective because this cannot hit his purpose to be invited for an interview. Blandobjective reflects a vague career disposition. This may likewise leave animpression that the candidate do not really know what he is applying for or heis just trying to land in any job. The bargaining power of the applicant islikely to decline in this situation. This is very effective because everycompany wants to choose someone who shares the very same aspiration with thembecause success will be much easier.