A resume is a brief, concise document that presents and effectively sells your most relevant and positive credentials for employment, admission to graduate school, consideration for a scholarship or fellowship, or other professional purpose.

A vitae or curriculum vitae (CV) is a more extensive document typically used by those with graduate education who are pursuing positions in academic or research.

An effective resume gets you an interview, not a job.

An employer will usually spend 15-20 seconds reviewing your resume, so the content of your resume must be clear, concise, and targeted to the type of job for which you are applying.

If your resume has a typo or grammatical error, it will probably jump off the page to an employer, and this is a way to weed you out of a candidate pool. Your resume may be the only chance you get to make an impression, so make it a good one.