Preparing your Academic CV

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Preparing your Academic CV

• Dr. Allyson Hadwin (Uvic)
• Christina Skorobohacz (Brock)

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What is a CV?

• Your CV speaks primarily to an academic audience
  and acts as a record of your scholarly pedigree
  and accomplishments. It is an all-encompassing
  portrait of who you are intellectually and should
  include everything you've been involved with
  academically since starting graduate school.

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CV versus Resume

• A resume
• 1-2 page career summary
• summarizes work experience, accomplishments,
  education and other pertinent topics such as
  professional associations and special skills.
• tailored to a specific job (usually outside
  academe).
• A curriculum vitae, or CV
• comprehensive document.
• more detail, including a listing of publications,
  presentations, research projects, academic work,
  teaching experience, and so forth.
• generally used in PhD-driven environments, such
  as academe and higher level research.
• attests to expertise, qualifications and
  experience.
• http//www.dcardillo.com/articles/resvscv.html

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When to start a CV?

• Now
• Easier to construct if you start it now because
• You can add things as you go
• It helps you monitor your progress plan next
  steps
• Youll need it for many fellowship applications
  either formally or informally
• Book 1hr per month to update it

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Strategies For CV Development

• Reflect on your career goals
• What corresponding knowledges, skills, and
  mindsets are necessary in order to succeed in
  various careers of interest to you?
• Recognize your particular stage of development
  within your program
• Ensure your CV reflects the expectations that
  others would hold for someone at your stage
• Identify the skills, experiences, and
  accomplishments that set you apart from others
  and demonstrate your competence in particular
  areas
• Unique awards and scholarships, research and
  writing distinctions, research and teaching
  assistantships, co-investigative work, etc.

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Strategies For CV Development

• Whenever possible, show how you are building a
  strong program of research with a clear focus
• Are connections evident between your current
  research and your previous research studies and
  experiences?
• Highlight the transferable skills you have
  acquired
• Seek feedback on your CV from a variety of
  sources
• Exchange your CV with peers, invite your
  committee members to comment on your CV, have
  someone outside your discipline read your CV
• Look at sample CVs online
• Consult with your advisor and ask for his/her
  feedback

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The CV conveys information about your
Degrees (year completed.,institution, field,
dissertation thesis titles) Awards (name, yr,
amount, duration)
Research Positions, specific roles,
experience Publications (journal, conference, etc)
Course, title, level, your role, enrollment,
year (details in teaching dossier)
Committees, student governence roles
responsibilities (elected or volunteer) Membershi
ps in associations, leadership experiences
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Organizing the CV

• Form and style varies
• SSHRC CV is one model for organizing
• Usually start with the most recent information
  within each section
• Frequently see these headings

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Fellowships, Awards, Distinctions

• Start with most recent
• Include
• Title of award
• Organization awarding it
• Total amount of award (add up over the years)
• Year/s awarded
• I wouldnt include travel grants, and GTFs
  because they are sometimes seen as padding

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Professional Experience

• Title of position
• Brief statement of your role
• Name of employer (and contact info)
• Years of employment

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Publications

• Use APA format
• Clearly distinguish between peer-reviewed
  publications and other publications
• Clearly distinguish between articles, book
  chapters, and books
• As a graduate student include a section under
  review and list manuscripts you have submitted
  for publication
• Use APA format
• Keep track of publications that were supported by
  SSHRC (including fellowships)
• remember to acknowledge sources of funding
  for all manuscripts in an author note

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Conference Presentations

• Distinguish between refereed and non-refereed
• List presented, accepted, and submitted (indicate
  clearly which is which)
• APA style, indicate where it was presented and
  for which organization

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Other publications presentations

• Workshops
• Demonstrations
• Invited addresses
• Lectures
• Thesis
• Reports
• Include title, date, who to, brief description

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Memberships

• List the organizations you have joined years of
  membership
• If you havent joined anydo it membership is
  cheap for graduate students and you often
  received journals and newsletters free (or
  discounted)
• The associations you belong to say something
  about your areas of interest and your commitment
  to your scholarly communities

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Service

• Committees (indicate level)
• National
• Local
• University
• Faculty
• Department

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Referees

• Tailor referees to the position (you may have
  different people for different positions)
• Name
• Contact information
• How the referee knows you
• what the referee can speak to

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Guiding Questions

• What are your career plans/professional
  priorities? (Hall, 2002)
• What kind of environment would allow you to
  thrive/meet your goals?
• Why are we drawn to this profession and what do
  we expect from it? (Hall, 2002, p. 26)
• What are the gaps in my current knowledge and
  skills? (Hall, 2007)
• How will I go about filling these gaps? (Hall,
  2007)

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Guiding Questions

• How am I going about articulating my values,
  balancing roles, and building community?
• How am I situating myself within my field? (key
  words, theoretical orientations, key journals)
• What did I learn from moments of failure or
  challenging experiences? What would I do
  differently next time?
• Does my CV provide evidence that I am able to
  work both independently and collaboratively?
• How am I building a meaningful programme of
  research? Are key threads or themes evident and
  consistent throughout my CV?
• How have my actions and interactions
  contributed positively to the realization of a
  more just and intellectually dynamic world,
  within our department and more globally? (Hall,
  2007, p. 18)

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Yearly Program Planning as CV Building
What I want to do with my degree?
Required courses Elective courses Specialization
/ Expertise courses
Teaching Manuscripts Conferences Conference
papers Committees Research Apprenticeships
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Tips For Graduate Students

1. It is never too early to present research in
   progress or proposed research.
2. Be selective and strategic when submitting
   conference proposals. Identify your motivations
   and goals for attending the conference, and then
   do your homework to determine whether
   participating will be worthwhile.
3. Regard research, teaching, and service as
   integrated rather than separate. Consider how
   they may complement or extend one another.

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Tips For Graduate Students

• Build a strong and diverse support network
  (peers, professors, family, friends).
• Peer mentoring groups, critical colleagues, etc.
• When eliciting feedback from others about your
  work, strategically cue them to particular
  sections, questions, issues, or concerns.
• Sit on academic search committees.
• Keep your CV up-to-date.
• Compile your own resource manual with relevant
  artifacts (samples of CVs, job postings of
  interest to you, etc.)

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Resources

• Useful Websites
• CV Doctor article in Chronicle of Higher Ed
  http//chronicle.com/article/CV-Doctor-Is-Back/49
  086/
• http//chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/creatingmain
  taining-your-cv/26887
• Job seeking and CVs http//www.psych.ucla.edu/grad
  uate/current-students/career-search/useful-job-mar
  ket-websites

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Resources

• Useful Websites
• University Affairs
• http//www.universityaffairs.ca/
• CAUT Bulletin
• http//www.cautbulletin.ca/
• CSSE
• http//www.csse-scee.ca/csse/
• UofT Career Center
• http//www.careers.utoronto.ca/myCareer/resumeInte
  rview/cv.aspx

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Resources

• Useful Readings
• Hall, D. E. (1999). Professional life (and death)
  under a four-four teaching load. New York Modern
  Language Associatio
• Hall, D. E. (2002). The academic self An owners
  manual. Columbus, OH The Ohio State University
  Press.
• Hall, D. E. (2007). The academic community A
  manual for change. Columbus, OH The Ohio State
  University Press.

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Questions Discussion
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Christinas Experiences

• Tailor your graduate program to meet your needs
  and to explore possible career pathways
• internships, independent studies, directed
  readings, etc.
• Example 1 shadow a professor
• Role negotiations, opportunities, tensions,
  balance, etc.
• http//www.academicmatters.ca/2010/06/considering-
  a-career-in-academia-here-are-some-observed-realit
  ies/
• Example 2 carefully craft your directed readings
  course
• Biweekly critical conversations, teaching
  philosophy development, course and syllabus
  design, career exploration, journal review

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Christinas Experiences

• Be aware of how you are spending your time
• Conduct your own time study
• Participate in activities that expose you to
  others CVs
• Award adjudication committees, hiring committees,
  grant-writing, job talks, etc.
• Design a co-investigative research project with
  a professor
• Equal decision-making, being involved in a
  project from beginning to end, acquiring
  transferable skills, etc.

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Christinas Experiences

• Take on leadership roles
• Serve on the Executive of an Association or
  Society in your field, organize a research
  colloquium, develop a program or initiative,
  etc.
• Build alliances, communities, and supportive
  spaces
• Graduate Network For Aspiring Academics
• mentoring opportunities for women in academia, CV
  writing, job hunting, navigating comprehensive
  exams, transitioning from graduate student to
  beginning professor, ethical and moral issues in
  academia
• Apply for awards, scholarships, and unique
  opportunities
• SSHRC, International Writing Group,
• Look at this as an opportunity for learning
• Time to think through your program, research,
  values, and goals,

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Christinas CV

• Approximately 15 pages
• HEADINGS
• Contact information
• Post-Secondary Education
• List of Awards, Scholarships, Fellowships
• Teaching Positions
• Instructor, Co-instructor, Teaching Assistant,
  Tutor, Teacher, Lifeskills Worker
• Research Positions
• Co-investigator, Research Assistant
• Scholarly Activities
• Publications, Reports, Presentations, Guest
  Lectures, Panels, Workshops, Posters
• Works Submitted
• Works in Progress
• Professional Memberships
• Service and Leadership
• Professional Development
• Travel

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Allyson CV in a digital age

• http//allysonhadwin.wordpress.com/hadwin-bio/
• The wordpress CV
• Taking advantage of linking and knowledge
  mobilization opportunities

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Break out groups

• Brainstorming and planning preliminary steps
  for the CV
• Organizing and constructing your CV
• Feedback on your current CV
• Future directions, planning my year with the CV
  in mind

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Break out groups Part 2

• Review various job postings and consider how you
  would tailor your CV to fit each position
• Showcasing desired qualifications, skills,
  experiences, knowledges, etc.

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Contact Information

• Allyson Hadwin (hadwin_at_uvic.ca )
• Christina Skorobohacz (cskorobohacz_at_gmail.com )