Resume vs C.V

Daniel Grant has an article on the Huffington Post comparing an artists resume to a C.V (curriculum vitae). As Grant explains a resume is an employment history detailing jobs and positions held along with various skills. A C.V. on the other hand, is a background of individual achievements and accomplishments. Follow the link below to read the full article, complete with a contrasting resume and C.V.

Many appraisers use a C.V. or professional profile within their appraisal reports as well as for promotional activities in attracting clients. We should the difference between a C.V. and a resume and which to use for various undertakings.

Grant reports in the HuffPost

Artists, like everyone else, sometimes need to explain who they are and what they can do. Artists, however, have careers on two tracks: The first track, for most, is some job that puts food in their stomachs, clothes on their back, a roof over their heads and pays for health insurance; the second track is developing a presence in the art world, through exhibitions, commissions and other activities that reflect their artistic achievements. It is ideal when the two tracks come together -- the art sells, providing a full livelihood -- and that is the goal, but that may not happen soon or even ever. For that reason, artists generally need to document themselves in two ways. The first is through a resume, and the second is through a C.V. (curriculum vitae).

The two documents may overlap here and there but tend to be quite separate, and here's the reason: why would a dealer want to know that the artist worked as a waitress? How useful is it to describe all one's one-person shows to the personnel director at a corporation? Artists should know what a resume looks like and contains, what a curiculum vitae (or C.V.) describes, and when to submit one or the other.

A resume is an employment history, detailing the jobs the individual has had, what he or she did at those positions and any particular skills that would make the person desirable to another employer.

A C.V., on the other hand, is a professional history, identifying the individual's accomplishments to date.

To read the full article, click HERE.