Curriculum vitae

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Curriculum vitae

• David A. Rintoul

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The résumé or CV

• A true/false test A résumé and a CV (Curriculum
  vitae) are the same thing.
• FALSE
• A résumé is a short (1-2 page) summary of your
  work and educational experience, can be
  chronological or skills-based.
• A CV is a longer document, listing not only the
  things found in a résumé, but also your
  publications and other more specialized
  information.

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Whats in your CV?

• May include one or more of the following
• Professional, Vocational or Research Objective 
• Summary of Qualifications 
• Professional Licenses or Certifications 
• Education including Post Graduate, Graduate and
  Undergraduate Degrees and Studies 
• Listing of Relevant Course work to Match Career
  or Academic Objective 
• Educational or Professional Honors or Awards 
• Scientific or Academic Research, Laboratory
  Experience and Related Skills 
• Description of Thesis or Dissertation, Papers
  Written, Publications 
• Academic or Professional Presentations 
• Related Extracurricular Activities, Professional
  and Association Memberships 
• Technical and Specialized Skills such as Computer
  Programming or Laboratory Instrumentation 
• Foreign Language Skills 

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Components of a CV

• Name, address and other contact information
• Name can also be in the header so that it appears
  on subsequent pages.
• If you prefer to be contacted at a particular
  phone number, please indicate that.
• Do NOT include your social security number!
• Citizenship information and/or visa status
• Research interests (in broad terms) and
  memberships in professional societies.

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Components of a CV (cont.)

• Your educational history, in reverse
  chronological order (e.g. most recent degree or
  postdoc first)
• Name of institution, and location
• Degree obtained or training completed (e.g.
  postdoctoral training), along with the year
• Department or major
• Honors (summa cum laude, etc.)
• Professional certifications or accreditations

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Components of a CV (cont.)

• Other personal or identifying information is
  optional
• Name of your thesis or dissertation advisor
• Title of your thesis or dissertation
• Do not include
• your high school
• your GPA or GRE/SAT scores. If these are
  specifically requested, include them elsewhere.

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Components of a CV (cont.)

• List of publications (usually in chronological
  order)
• Separate sections for peer-reviewed pubs and book
  chapters, reviews etc.
• include full title of the publication.
• include names of all co-authors (do not use et
  al.).
• include articles in press, or in revision, at the
  end of this section.
• Do not include a half-dozen or so articles in
  preparation.

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Components of a CV (cont.)

• Presentations given at scientific meetings
  (posters or talks)
• indicate if these are invited presentations, etc.
• Title of talk
• Meeting name and date
• Names of all co-authors
• dont double-dip and count published meeting
  abstracts as publications
• Other skills (foreign or computer language, etc.)

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Components of a CV (cont.)

• Funding history include travel, pre-doctoral
  and post-doctoral fellowships as well as research
  funding
• Title of funded proposal
• Source and type of funding
• Year(s) of funding
• Amount of funding
• Names of other investigators (indicate who is the
  P.I.)

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Components of a CV (finis)

• Do NOT include
• Date of birth
• Marital status/number of children
• Salary requirements
• Hobbies, interests or other personal information
• Double-check it for accuracy and make sure that
  you eliminate all typographical errors!

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