RÉSUMÉ ENCYCLOPEDIA
SUMMARY:
In the U.S., “CV” is used by academics and some professionals for documents that include not only their work history and qualifications, but things like publications, conference presentations, etc. In the rest of the world, “CV” refers to what we call a résumé.
Very recently, with the globalization of social media, international usage is being picked up by people in the U.S., and “CV” is occasionally used by some U.S. job-searchers instead of “résumé.” This is neither good nor bad in itself, but if your job-search is confined to the U.S., there’s a definite advantage in following the still-dominant convention. And in any case, if you pretend that the conventional U.S. usage is wrong, you’re not going to look good at all.