What is a CV? – My Warrington Jobs

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CV is short for curriculum vitae, meaning ‘course of life’. If you look up definitions for curriculum vitae / CV, it is commonly thought to be a summary of someone’s education, their qualifications, and their professional history.

This is what most people think, and when they write their CV, most people write it with this definition in mind.

Nothing wrong with that you would think. And to some extent it is true that the heart of a CV should be about someone’s work experience. However, just because there is a commonly agreed definition of CV, which most people understand, this does not necessarily mean that you have to write your CV to fit in with the definition.

A great many people concentrate so hard on writing all about their work experience and education that they forget that the main purpose of a CV is to get them the job!

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