Moved to IMHO.
-xash
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A résumé focuses on where you’ve worked. A CV focuses on what you’ve accomplished.
A résumé for a software engineer might say that you worked at Company A for six years, and list what your responsibilities were while you were there. It would then proceed on to Company B, where you worked for two years, and list what you were responsible for there. It would include job titles, hire dates, how many people you managed, and so forth.
A CV would list what types of projects you’ve designed, what languages and toolsets you’re familiar with, any technical articles you’ve had published, and so forth. The companies you worked for when you did all that would basically be a footnote.
Typically, I’ve seen résumés for people hunting for a full-time job (except in academia), and CVs for someone trying to land a consulting gig or get something published. Similarly, if you’re being interviewed by newspaper or television, you’ll want to send in a CV instead of a résumé, so the interviewer will ask you about your accomplishments rather than how you liked working for Company A.
Well I do live in a democratic society, and this forum has yielded about 12 “No’s” and 3 “Maybe’s” so I think that I will leave the picture off.
As far as space on a resume is concerned, there are always methods to get around this. I had intended to put the pic, in the upper left corner and just move the contact information some to make the necessary room. Almost everyone has a copy of photoshop or corel draw, and those programs make a very trivial task out of something like resume building.
Then I thought it would be cool to print the resume on an oversized page, like 11x17 and then trim it, with an exacto knife, to 8.5 x 11. This has the effect of letting me use the margins for the pic. I work as a draftsman, and a computer technician, so getting fancy with printed pages is no big deal for me.
I could go further but that ought to be enough.