The folllowing is excerpted from Wikipedia with some editing:
"... a curriculum vitae In the United States is expected to include a comprehensive listing of professional history including every term of employment, academic credential, publication, contribution or significant achievement. "
"... a curriculum vitae tends to be organized in a way that presents data about one's self in a compact fashion, with a clear chronology."
"... a curriculum vitae often includes complete and unembellished lists of data such as educational institutions attended, degrees received, positions held, professional affiliations, publications authored, etc."
"... a curriculum vitae usually implies that there are no omissions, and in particular, no temporal gaps between listed items."