What is the difference between a bio, a CV and a resume?
492452
A bio is a one-page sheet on your background, generally done in complete sentences and may include a picture of yourself. It may also list clients that you have done work for and may list areas of expertise, levels and types of engagements. The bio is generally used with consulting firms or is sent to a company as a package. \n\nA CV (cirrculm vitae) is generally used in the medical field, but may be used in other industries and contains much of the same information and lay-out as a resume. I honestly thought is was Latin.\n\nA resume tells a prospective employer of your qualifications for a particular job. It generally contains an ojective or summary, historical employment information, schools attended, accomplishments, software or major skills used, volunteer or community service.
828939
Things you should have in a basic resume or curriculum vitae:\n\n1. Your name\n\n2. Position Applied For - What position are you applying for\n\n3. Current / Expected Salary - Note down your current / expected salary\n\n4. Objective - This summarizes what are your goals in your career / Why you want to join the particular company\n\n5. Personal details - List down what you want the interviewer to know about you here like age, date of birth, identitiy card/national security number, race/ethnicity, religion, address, phone number (don't ever forget this!), nationality etc.  The order is up to you.\n\n6. Educational Background - List down your academic qualifications/history from the highest to lowest level (example from Master degree to High School diploma)\n\n7. Employment History - List down your 3 most recent jobs or all if there is space from the most recent/currnet to the oldest.  Note down what position, what company, how much is you salary, what are your key responsibilities & reason for leaving.  Include your current job as well\n\n8. Reference - List down at least 3 contacts here as your referee, preferably not a family member, someone who has known you a while and preferably your previous superior who can tell poeple about how you work.\n\nYou can add/customize more details as you see fit.  This is just a basic info...\n\nMsg me if you need a more detailed example...Maybe I can forward you a document or something...\n\nAlternatively, Microsoft Office - Words has a ResumeWizard.  You can use that as well.\n\nGood Luck!
975194
CV is often used for professionals such as physicians.\nA curriculum vitae (singular), meaning "course of one's life, is a document that gives much more detail than does a resume about your academic and professional accomplishments. Curricula vitae (plural) are most often used for academic or research positions, whereas resumes are the preferred documents in business and industry.\n\nSome pretentious people refer to their résumé as a CV.
330103
If your talking about a CV this is quite a long piece of work and you will need to get examples and make sure that someone proof reads it for you - coz it needs to be word perfect. One book I used to create what I now call my golden CV it's called the "Job application handbook" by Judith Johnstone.\n\nWhether you are talking about a CV or a cover letter for your CV both need to be succinct and have your personal details at the top. It is also important to have your full contact details such as your home phone and mobile number email address and your home address at the front. It is important to give them as many ways as possible to contact you. The book I used have examples of both and the do's and do'nts of writing them. \n\nHope this helps. Good luck!
754045
Write about your achievements in a CV\n\nSuccessfully applying for a job means showing your employer that you are mores suitable than the other candidates. Job application numbers for a particular vacancy vary from tens to hundreds. You will usually need to be short-listed among the first twenty in order be offered an interview. Only CVs that have impressed the employer will make it to this stage.\n\nWhen recruiting people, employers reduce the CV list to around forty to fifty candidates. The difference between the chosen candidates and the others is a well presented CV and cover letter.\n\nWhat did they do differently?\n\nThe way they presented their achievements. In this tutorial we will explain how you can word your achievements in a more suitable manner. Employers are attracted to achievements because they want the applicant to repeat them in their own business.\n\nfrom http://www.cvtips.com/achievements_in_your_CV.html
1035266
Monster.com has some good tips for resume writing.  You might also want to check out www.resume-resource.com.  There are samples for almost every field that you can check out.  If you have Microsoft Office, there are a few templates that you can use. More are available on Microsoft's website.\n\nHope that helps!!!
956227
Resume & CV Writing.\n\nYou may find what you need on one of these links.\n\nhttp://www.resume-resource.com/\n\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT063470421033.aspx\n\nhttp://essayinfo.com/resume/\n\nhttp://jobstar.org/tools/resume/\n\nhttp://www.jobweb.com/\n\nhttp://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/Interviews__Resumes/default.htm\n\nhttp://www.careerjournal.com/\n\nhttp://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.php\n\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/results.aspx?Scope=TC&Query=resume\n\nGood luck\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
185564
You should consider at least writing the first draft yourself.  You know yourself best.\n\nBelow are some sample resumes for your reference:\n\nhttp://www.resume-resource.com/samples.html\n\nHere are some tips:\n1. If you have less than 10 years of experience, you want your resume to be one page.\n2. Generally, clearly show your name, mailing address, email address if available, and best phone number(s) to contact you.\n3. Then show your education, work experience, any interests, achievements, and skill sets. Under your work experience, it is not a list of your job descriptions (this is a common mistake). You should instead indicate what you have accomplished and the results.  Use action verbs.\n4. If you are looking for your first job or intend to change job function / industry, you may want to state your objectives.\n4. There is no one “correct” format.  It depends on your profession and personal style.\n5. Also, try not to use technical words and jargons. Do not abbreviate.\n\nYou can post your resume at:\nhttp://www.monster.com\nhttp://www.careerbuilder.com\nhttp://hotjobs.yahoo.com\n\nI would also go to your bookstore and find a resume book in the business/career section. You can also find more examples and templates online if you do a search.\n\nGood luck and have a nice day.
994717
A resume should contain specifics but should be simple and neat.\n\nIt is reported that an employer usually gets hundreds of resumes and only spend about a few seconds on each one. In those few seconds, you have to capture their attention.\n\nInput educational achievements and overall achievements and skills that contribute to the job you're applying. For example, you don't need put the middle school you graduated from, or each and every job or prize that you won.\n\nKeep it simple and make sure it connects to the job you're trying to get.
181205
Hmm,  I've got 3 Resume's.\n\nA full one which goes over 3 pages and includes all jobs I've had over the past 10 years and skills and interests.\n\nOne for Tech roles which hilights the computer and technical aspects of the jobs I've had and any sites I've created for people.\n\nFinally I have one for Admin type roles which concentrates on filing, faxing, typing etc..\n\nThe admin and tech one are both 2 pages long (recomended in the UK) and can be quicky edited to be even more specific for the role I am going for.  The trick is to discover what the employer wants and decide what you wnat to tell them and  them try and mesh the two
1186825
Try to keep it as brief as possible, with all your pertinent data included, education, degrees if any. Length of employment, etc. Don't mention, your salary.\nA resume is, is just an introduction to a prospective employer. They don't care to go over sheets and sheets of information, so like in the old Dragnet series, "Just the facts ma'am:\nIf the read your resume, and like what they see, they will call you in for an interview, then they can ask you questions, and you can give them all your highlights.\nGood luck in your job search.
64014
Go to your bookstore and find a resume book in the business/career section. You can also find examples and templates online if you do a search.\n\nIf you have less than 10 years of experience, you want your resume to be one page. Generally, clearly show your name, mailing address, email address if available, and best phone number(s) to contact you.\n\nThen show your education, work experience, any interests, achievements, and skill sets. Under your work experience, it is not a list of your job descriptions (this is a common mistake). You should instead indicate what you have accomplished and the results. Also, try not to use technical words and jargons. Do not abbreviate.\n\nBelow are some sample resumes for your reference.\n\nhttp://www.resume-resource.com/samples.h...\n\nGood luck and have a nice day.
327462
Here are some good resume examples.  You can decide which format works best for you AND see how other people use the various formats to highlight certain aspects of their background (education, work experience, accomplishments).\n\nThe format you use really depends on what you want to focus your resume on.
763067
A résumé is usually 1-2 pages long and briefly chronicles your past experience - usually chronologically with the most recent experience first.  A résumé can be general or if it is being sent in for  specific job - the keywords in the job description should be mirrored in the résumé.  \n\nIn general a curriculum vitae is usually reserved for teaching or research positions.  It should include all positions held, all university information, all published articles/books, presentations, academic achievements, non-profit work etc.  The last person I worked for in the academic field had one that was 37 pages long and still growing.  \n\nIn both the résumé and CV you are allowed to "brag" about your accomplishments - but keep in mind to be truthful or it may come back to "bite" you later.  Use good action or numerically related terms.  For example: “Increased ROI on 3 product lines by 125%” or “Designed web cite for the County of Wellington”.  Keep lots of white space – don’t want to irritate those readers eyes.  \n\nGPA's higher than 3.2 should be put on your résumé and CV.  \n\nNo photos or references - photos are a "no-no" in this country and references should only be given when asked for - but always have them ready!  I put this information in re: the photos since I know that in many other countries is it normal to send a photo with your résumé.  \n\nOh you should also have a text only résumé and CV for sending on the Internet.  About 50% of the companies hiring on the net ask you to submit a text only résumé or CV so keep one of those handy too!\n\nBTW – some people like functional résumés – yet most hiring managers I know HATE them.  So I don’t recommend them.  They believe you are hiding something when you write functional vs. chronological.  \n\nSome good links:\n\nTEXT ONLY resume/CV\nhttp://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/webdev/digital_resume/step3.html\n\nCHRONOLOGICAL resume/CV\nhttp://www.quintcareers.com/sample_resumes.html#MBA\n\nHow to make a CV\nfor a good example of what to include on a CV\nhttp://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/vita.html \n\nIf you are good at HTML you may also want to make an HTML site that has your “online” résumé and links to text and pdf versions.  \n\nOh yes make sure you do your homework on cover letters and thank you notes...thank you's are VERY important and often over looked!\n\ngood luck!
424549
A resume title is similiar to an objective. For instance a resume title could be:\n\nTime Magazine's 2004 Person of the Year\n\nEnergetic Fitness Instructor with Proven Track Record\n\nThe title is going to grab the employer's attention and make them want to read more.\n\nhttp://www.effective-resume-writing.com
992
i think a CV is the first way to know the person you gonna recruit, because it shows what the person thnks and what is his advantage and disadvantage. so my advice to you is just BE YOURSELf and choose any format you like. \n\ngood luck...
408413
CV - an extensive listing of one's education, certifications, honors, academic experiences (e.g., field work), work published; often several pages long\n\nResume (with the accented e) - a short listing of your educational and work history\n\nBio-date - just the facts (where you were born, educated, live; age; sex; race; martial status; etc.)