It’s an interesting claim - out of interest I looked up how many countries actually use a resume over a CV and some sources say only United States, Australia, and Canada.
Which country/region are these resumes from? I would be very surprised to see something like that on a U.S. or UK resume/CV. I know that it’s quite common for photos and personal details to be on CVs in parts of continental Europe though.
When I launched trackmycv.com I had this exact problem, no one from the US seemed to know what a CV was, I had to buy whoreadsmyresume.com in the end. Almost everywhere apart from the US uses CV, not resumé, but CV doesn't seem to be used at all in the US.
Photos are commonly attached to resumes in the following countries: Germany, Austria, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain. Date of birth or age: Italy, Germany, Austria, France Finland, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Czech Rep, Hungary, Romania, Greece. Similar for Eastern European countries, or for marital status and/or number of children, place of birth, etc. Does that cover enough Europe/personal information irrelevant to the candidate's ability to perform their job for you?
If anything, the UK CVs stand out among European CVs as being much more like the US resumes, i.e. less invasive. Back to the context of this thread, for the parent to point to Europe as a protector of privacy for the job seeker is disingenuous.
Worth noting that this can be a regional difference. In the UK, the terms are synonymous, (though CV is much more common), and the CV is much more in line with the US idea of a résumé.
I thought the same, but wouldn't say it was the recruiting realm per se. More that an American would be more familiar with 'resumé' and might not instantly realise CV has another meaning elsewhere.
There's no way I could get used to CV not being 'curriculum vitae'.
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