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CV - 8/2/2008 1:03:53 PM
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mvic
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This question is not for pastors for obvious reasons. But your contributions are welcome.
Does your CV indicate that you're a Christian?
Is this a help or a hindrance?
I'm trying to compare answers from the USA/Canada (and elsewhere) with the UK. Here religion does not feature on a CV or job application form.
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 1:08:33 PM
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ta_mosquito
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What's a CV?
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 1:14:03 PM
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Kat_D
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Curriculum Vitae...otherwise known as a resume.
ETA: I don't have one since I've been at the same job for 19 years and don't plan to leave. Since I work at my church, our applications have a section for an employment candidate to write out their testimony.
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 1:16:59 PM
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mvic
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Sorry - my fault.
The CV is the curriculum vitae. It's a statement you write which shows your name, address, date of birth, educational history (college/university and exams) and it lists all the jobs you've had in chronological order.
When you apply for a job it is customary in the UK to send your CV as well as completing the application form. The CV shows especially any work experience you've had - e.g. manager of a multi-national organisation etc ...
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 1:17:42 PM
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on my resume towards the bottom, I have a category called "personal interests"
and THAT is one of them!!
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 1:20:16 PM
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ta_mosquito
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Some of my personal interests or activities/affiliations may suggest I'm a Christian (church worship team, etc.), but there's nowhere that outright says, "I'm a born again Christian."
Some forms of my resume do not have the interests/activities/affiliations section, though.
But come to think of it, part of my work history was as a missionary, so...
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 2:12:24 PM
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My resume includes 45 years as a missionary, evangelist, and Pastor.
So I would say yes.
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 3:24:54 PM
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I spent 4 years at Bible college and it is on my CV as I gained a degree in Ministries there. Yes I feel it has been seen as a negative by some and yet surprisingly by others it has not. In fact some people who I would have thought it would be a problem for were completely welcoming. Neverthteless, God will have me work where He wills and I and other men do not have much say in the matter. In all cases, I am open and honest about my qualifications and am not ashamed of the Gospel and I see people appreciate me for who I am in Christ rather than what they might have come to expect from someone who had done the things I have done. They know me and I love them all the more for having chosen to do so. Those who have chosen not to know Christ in me have missed out badly and that is their fault not mine.
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 5:24:47 PM
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Thanx for your replies so far.
I appreciate that if your past career has been as a missionary, pastor, preacher etc ... then it would be included in your CV - as it should.
What I had in mind is people applying for jobs outside the "Ministries" as it were. E.g. engineer, salesman, postman etc ... In your countries is your religion included in your CV or resume?
Here in the UK it would more often than not be frowned upon if it's included.
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RE: CV - 8/2/2008 6:27:38 PM
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quote:
Here in the UK it would more often than not be frowned upon if it's included.
Not just the UK...the whole world; as Jesus said it would be...
18"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. -John 15
Don't ever try to hide who you are in Christ because...
14" If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. " -I Peter 4
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RE: CV - 8/3/2008 2:13:40 AM
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In your countries is your religion included in your CV or resume?
No because this is an area where discrimination might take place. And in the US, only certain forms of discrimination are acceptable. Being a Christian is not one of them. 
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RE: CV - 8/3/2008 6:40:53 AM
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Mine does not include any inclination to religion or being Christian whatsoever; partly bc our teacher told us it is against the rule to talk about religion bluntly AND bc I personally believe that people should see Jesus thru us not thru advertisement.
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RE: CV - 8/3/2008 8:48:00 AM
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I included the fact that I had been to Bible College on my CV but not the Bible College qualification because it wasn't relevant to my present employment. However, because I had to account for the year I was at college, I included this information on my CV. No one has asked me about my faith during interviews however.
Due to my hubby's employment, we have to move about from time-to-time and I have included this information in all my updated CV each time we have moved and I haven't found it a hinderance in getting interviews or jobs. 
< Message edited by Little_1 -- 8/3/2008 8:56:21 AM >
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