what is cv

Can any one tell me, what exactly is cv?

It's simply a synonym for resumé.

It comes from the Latin "Curriculum Vitae"

oh okay, thankyou Kevan!

My pleasure Tricia.

I had no idea what the term meant when I first started looking for teaching jobs. All the European job adverts were asking for my "cv".

Fortunately a couple of the ESL job seeking sites I frequented at the time had explanations of the term.