Job applicatoins - Resume vs CV

[soccerboy2288]

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Looking for some advice from recruiters or those who have been successful at landing multiple jobs throughout their career: When recruiters and employers ask for a "CV" for job applications, do they actually want a full curriculum vitae (>2 pages, full description of all your previous activities)? or are they really asking for a resume (concise, 1-2 pages)? I know full curriculum vitae's can turn out to be multiple pages and wasn't sure if recruiters really want to read through all the details... Thanks in advance

Edit: Excuse my typo in the title

 

[deleted87051]

Depends on the job. For a tenure track academic position, you should have all your activities, committee work, presentations, and publications. For PP, one page will suffice.

 

[thinkorswim]

Looking for some advice from recruiters or those who have been successful at landing multiple jobs throughout their career: When recruiters and employers ask for a "CV" for job applications, do they actually want a full curriculum vitae (>2 pages, full description of all your previous activities)? or are they really asking for a resume (concise, 1-2 pages)? I know full curriculum vitae's can turn out to be multiple pages and wasn't sure if recruiters really want to read through all the details... Thanks in advance

Edit: Excuse my typo in the title

In medicine, always a CV. No descriptions, just a list of everything in reverse chronological order (training, education, certification, licensure, awards, publications, etc.). No one cares what you did before medical school unless it was something truly remarkable.

A resume is typically a one page "summary" and includes only the most relevant information. It is usually targeted for the job you're applying to, and as such is really only pertinent to those in the business/corporate world.

 

[vector2]

You guys don't even put a <1 paragraph description blurb for your fellowship or current job? I feel like it's helpful to your potential employer if say you did cardiac, you mention that cases included impella, ecmo, lvad, tavr/tamvr and you mostly sat the stool rather than supervised, or if regional you did high volume, ran acute pain service, did complex blocks, tons of catheters etc etc. Training programs vary wildly so I don't see how a little more information is detrimental.

 

[thinkorswim]

You guys don't even put a <1 paragraph description blurb for your fellowship or current job? I feel like it's helpful to your potential employer if say you did cardiac, you mention that cases included impella, ecmo, lvad, tavr/tamvr and you mostly sat the stool rather than supervised, or if regional you did high volume, ran acute pain service, did complex blocks, tons of catheters etc etc. Training programs vary wildly so I don't see how a little more information is detrimental.

If they want to know the details of your training or past work, they will ask you about it during the initial phone call or at the interview. If you feel that some unique training or experience will help you land a specific job, your cover letter would be the place to talk about that.

Keep everything short and to the point. Would you really want to read hundreds of cover letters and CVs with full descriptions?