Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp
From : David Golden
Date : Fri Aug 19 2005 10:00 am

Robert Uhl wrote:

> At least in my experience, a resume is purely work-related, and hence
> fairly short, whereas a curriculum vitae is everything one has done,
> and can thus be quite long.
> 

That's my understanding of the usage in the US  - however in europe (or
at least the english-speaking bits), CV is used where an american would
say resume  - see e.g
http://www.recruitireland.com/careercentre/news/rinews.asp?articleid=680&zoneid=34

"You know how irritating it is to receive endless junk mail? Employers
feel exactly the same way about badly-written, unsolicited CVs."

"No-one cares about your life history. No-one! Get it down on one or two
pages. Put the information that is most pertinent, recent and
persuasive to that employer first and work your way down from there."

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