UK Recruitment Glossary
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
In recruiter context
Functionally, a UK CV and a US resume are the same document for commercial roles: a 2-page summary of work history, skills, and education. In US academia, a "CV" is a different beast — long-form, multi-page, lists every paper. Outside academia, when a UK employer asks for a CV they want a 2-page commercial document, not a life history.
Related terms
ATS (Applicant Tracking System)
Software that hiring teams use to receive, store, filter, and rank job applications.
Reasonable Adjustments
Modifications UK employers must make under the Equality Act 2010 to support disabled employees — equ…
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
An Anthropic-led protocol for connecting LLMs to external tools, data sources and services in a stan…
Shortlist
The 3-7 candidates a hiring manager interviews after the recruiter has filtered the full applicant p…