Curriculum vitae For the compilation album, see

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Curriculum vitae 
For the compilation album, see 
Curriculum Vitae (album)
. For the 
1975 film, see 
Curriculum Vitae (film)
. 
Example of the kind of extensive CV used in academia, in this case 69 pages long. 
In English, a 
curriculum vitae
(
English: 
/ ... ˈviːtaɪ, -ˈwiːtaɪ, -
ˈvaɪtiː/
,
[1][2][3][4]
 Latin for "course of life", often shortened to 
CV
) is a 
short written summary of a person's career, qualifications, and 
education. This is the most common usage in both 
North 
American
 and 
British English
.
[2][4]
 In North America (but not 
elsewhere), the term 
résumé
 (also spelled 
resume
) is a common 
synonym for 
CV
in the sense of a short career summary.
[5][6]
 
The term 
curriculum vitae
and its abbreviation, CV, are also used 
especially in academia to refer to extensive or even complete 
summaries of a person's career, qualifications, and education, 
including publications and other information. This has caused the 
widespread misconception that it is incorrect to refer to short CVs 
as CVs in American English and that short CVs should be called 
résumés, but this is not supported by the usage recorded in 
American dictionaries.
[
citation needed
]
 For example, the 
University of 
California, Davis
 notes that "[i]n the United States and Canada, 
CV and resume are sometimes used interchangeably" while 
describing the common distinction made in North-American 
academia between the use of these terms to refer to documents 
with different contents and lengths.
[7]
 

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In many countries, a short CV is typically the first information that 
a potential 
employer
 receives from a job-seeker, and CVs are 
typically used to 
screen
 applicants, often followed by an 
interview
. 
CVs may also be requested for applicants to postsecondary 
programs, scholarships, grants, and bursaries. In the 2010s it 
became popular for applicants to provide an electronic version of 
their CV to employers by 
email
, through an 
employment website
, 
or published on a job-oriented 
social-networking service
 such 
as 
LinkedIn
. 
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