# cv — CVs, job applications, and cover letters

Applies when the source is a person's self-presentation for work: a CV/resume, a job
application, a cover letter, or a professional bio the subject wrote about themselves.

- **Everything is self-reported.** A CV is one person's unverified account of their own record —
  every claim is written attributed ("the CV states X worked at Acme 2019-2022"[^sN]), never as
  a verified world fact. This holds for the whole document, not just the boastful parts.
- **Dates, titles, employers, and degrees are the durable facts.** Capture them as attributed,
  dated, cited statements on the person's `persons/` page. Employers and schools get
  `organizations/` pages only when they matter beyond one line.
- **Self-assessments are opinions.** "Expert in X", "proven leadership", "passionate about Y"
  are the subject's judgment of themselves — attributed positions per `schema.md` § Opinions &
  style, or skipped as puffery; never the wiki's voice. A cover letter's motivations are the
  same.
- **Claims vs evidence.** When the corpus holds corroborating sources (a certificate, a
  reference, another person's account), cite them alongside the CV's claim — and when another
  source contradicts a CV claim, flag it (`schema.md` § Contradictions, cross-source sweep).
  The wiki distinguishes "the CV states" from "confirmed by".
- **A newer CV supersedes the older one's career facts** — a dated evolution, not a
  contradiction: `tasks/reconcile.md` when the same file changed, the dated `## Change Log`
  pattern of `genres/meeting-minutes.md` when both versions are separate sources.
