curr-, cur-, cor-, cour-

1. A summary of one's education, professional history, and job qualifications, usually for a prospective employer.
2. Also called vita, vitae; a brief biographical résumé of a person's career and training, which is normally prepared by someone who is applying for a job.
3. From Latin, the course of one's life or career.

Course of life.

Outline or résumé, as for a job application which shows one's educational background, job qualifications, and previous work experiences, etc.

The wagon drags the ox.

It is a mistake to deal with minor considerations before getting down to the central issue confronting anyone; as we are warned: "Don't put the cart before the horse (ox)." When planning an activity, we must keep first things first.