Remember
when I said that there is an exception to every rule in the résumé
business? Well, here's another one. In most cases, résumés
should be concise and limited to one or two pages at the most.
You will carefully select your information to provide a
synopsis. In the professions, however, a much longer résumé
is expected and the longer the résumé, the better your
chances of getting an interview. Those industries generally
include medicine, law, education, science, and media
(television, film, etc.). If you are applying for a job in a
foreign country, long résumés with more detail and a
considerable amount of personal information are the norm.
Such a
professional résumé is called a curriculum vita (CV) from
the Latin meaning "course of one's life." For those
of us who have trouble knowing how to spell the word, vita is
singular and vitae is plural.
A
successful CV will include not only education and experience
but also publications (books, magazines, journals, and other
media), certifications, licenses, grants, professional
affiliations, awards, honors, presentations, and/or courses
taught. Anything relevant to your industry is appropriate to
use on a CV, and the résumé can be as long as it needs to be
to present the "course of your life."
A CV--or
any résumé with multiple pages for that matter--must contain
a header with your name and page number on each successive
page. Should the pages become separated, the reader should be
able to easily put your subsequent pages in their proper order
and with your résumé!
Sample
CVs:
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