{"id":20154,"date":"2017-10-03T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20154"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:21:31","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-a-resume-and-a-curriculum-vitae-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/resume-guide-2\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-resume-and-a-curriculum-vitae-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<p><strong>Curriculum vitae<\/strong> (CV) in Latin means \u201ccourse of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A CV is a detailed document, usually two or more pages in length, that describes your education, career, achievements, research publications, awards, and honors in great detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Qskx9eQsS7JTwtSYj9sicr7FEc-p0BkM\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Vitae Sample<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order of a CV is chronological and will give readers a complete overview of your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People typically don\u2019t modify their CV for a particular position. Rather, they draft a cover letter matching their skills and achievements to a particular role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>resume<\/strong>, in contrast, is usually not longer than a page and is typically tailored to fit the particular role for which a person is applying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A resume is a brief, targeted list of skills and achievements, customized to fit a particular role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/resume-guide\/how-do-you-get-started-on-a-resume\/\">How do you get started on a resume?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum vitae (CV) in Latin means \u201ccourse of life.\u201d A CV is a detailed document, usually two or more pages in length, that describes your education, career, achievements, research publications, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17159,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20154"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48188,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20154\/revisions\/48188"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}