There seems to be a lot of contradiction to his statement. At one instance, he says not to mention CV/Resume as its self explanatory and in another instance he says to abbreviate IIT, B.E etc., which is self explanatory as well.
Re: Contradiction to his statement
by Sagorika on Feb 18, 2013 09:40 PM
When it comes to India, CV/Resume is alternatively used. Though in the US a CV is document which details your Vital Curricula, which means it is a detailed version of your academic profile, while a resume is a brief statement about your career accomplishment coupled with major academic/professional landmark. But there is an important point to be noted, in the European and the Western Europe to be precise a 'CV' or a 'Resume' is used interchangeably. So I do not seem any ambiguity as far as the title CV/Resume is concerned. Now coming to the fact that where to use abbreviations, I guess the author is asking not to use subjective abbreviations which are not well known, or which could be used in a closed group. Abbreviations that have become acceptable should be used. For example, IIT in India is Indian Institute of Technology, but, in the US it is more of Illinois Institute of Technology. Same is the case with MIT, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech, but in India it could be very well Maharashtra Inst. of Tech. or Madras Inst. of Tech. so only those abbreviations should be used that make sense. So in my humble opinion I do not find any ambiguity.
Re: Re: Contradiction to his statement
by bhaskar on May 08, 2015 06:05 PM
subjectivity related with ambiguity never deals with intricacies of subjectivity.
Re: Contradiction to his statement
by Sagorika on Feb 18, 2013 09:42 PM
When it comes to India, CV/Resume is alternatively used. Though in the US a CV is document which details your Vital Curricula, which means it is a detailed version of your academic profile, while a resume is a brief statement about your career accomplishment coupled with major academic/professional landmark. But there is an important point to be noted, in the European and the Western Europe to be precise a 'CV' or a 'Resume' is used interchangeably. So I do not seem any ambiguity as far as the title CV/Resume is concerned. Now coming to the fact that where to use abbreviations, I guess the author is asking not to use subjective abbreviations which are not well known, or which could be used in a closed group. Abbreviations that have become acceptable should be used. For example, IIT in India is Indian Institute of Technology, but, in the US it is more of Illinois Institute of Technology. Same is the case with MIT, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech, but in India it could be very well Maharashtra Inst. of Tech. or Madras Inst. of Tech. so only those abbreviations should be used that make sense. So in my humble opinion I do not find any ambiguity.
