Download Sample of CV / Resume Format and Templates
As you may already know, a CV/ resume is your first chance at selling yourself to a job recruiter or employer, and providing a neat CV format, with the right words, will more likely go a long way to get you a Job interview. For your CV or resume to work it’s best for you, you have to put some time to creating it.
There are several materials online on CV template, CV format, examples of CV, sample of CV, sample resume, to help you prepare good Curriculum Vitae to submit for your Job application. On this page, here on Afterschoolafrica, I have compiled a list of online resources and tools to help you work and create a nice self promotional document for your job application. Whether for Fresh graduates CV or professionals, you will find this handy while working out your next CV. For clarification purpose, let us briefly understand the difference between a CV and a Resume.
What is the difference between CV and Resume?
Although we often use the terms 'Curriculum Vitae' (CV) and 'Resume' interchangeably, there is a difference between these two documents. Here are the main difference between a CV and a Resume.
• CV- Curriculum Vitae is a Latin word for ‘The Course of Life’, while Resume stands for ‘Summary’. While a CV focuses on the course of the applicant’s life to the present, a Resume is a brief summary of your skills and achievements.
• As a general rule, a CV is expected to have a length of 2 or more pages. A resume should be less than 2 pages (one in most cases). Hence, a resume is shorter than a CV.
• Both a CV and a resume should include your full name, address, contact information, education work experience and skills. In addition, a CV can and should include awards, teaching experience, hobbies, referees, grants and fellowships, diplomas, computer skills, work related skills, courses completed and any other relevant information while a Resume is a summary of your skills, experience and education.
• United States and Canada use a resume as a general rule for job application. However, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, most job employers expect to receive a CV.
• In the United States, a CV is used primarily when applying for academic, education, scientific or research positions or when applying for fellowships or grants.
From the explanation above, this post appears to be more about CV since most companies in Africa request CV for job application (though there could be exceptions). However, even as I’ll be using the words CV and resume concurrently on this post, it will be helpful to take note of the terms for cases where an employer consciously requests for a resume instead of a CV. If that is the case, submitting a CV instead of a Resume may automatically disqualify you for the job.
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