Creating a Curriculum Vitae

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Creating a Curriculum Vitae
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What is a CV?

• May be referred to as a Vita, CV, or
  Curriculum Vitae
• In Latin, it means the course of ones life and
  career
• Used for academic positions involving substantial
  amounts of research and/or teaching

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Contents of an Academic Application

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae (most substantial portion of
  your application)
• Statement of Research Interests
• Statement of Teaching Interests
• Letters of Reference

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Purpose of a CV

• Serves as a introduction to a search committee
• Used as a tool to screen candidate pools to
  interview
• Initial assessment of whether a candidate will
  fit the institutional or departmental profile

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Dos and Donts of Preparation

• DO generate a list of things that could be a part
  of your vita
• DONT decide on the length until later
• No standard length for a CV
• DO build your CV to showcase your background and
  talents most effectively

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Sections of a Vita

• Contact information
• Name, full address, phone number with area code,
  email, URL if appropriate
• Objective
• Unlike a resume, this is typically not included
  in a vita
• If included, it may focus on skills, education,
  or research interests

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Education

• List every institution, degree, or field of
  concentration and date
• Dissertation
• Anticipated date of completion
• Title and name of advisor
• Topical area
• May include names of committee members if you
  think this will be helpful

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Sections of a Vita

• Experience
• Names of institutions
• May divide into Teaching and Research Experience
• Include most interesting or most impressive parts
  of your job
• Use short, concise phrases beginning with action
  verbs rather than whole sentences
• Ex Developed syllabus and diagnostic exam later
  adopted by Department

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Sections of a Vita

• Beyond contact information, education and
  experience, any other information should reflect
  specific areas of strength and interests
• Honors
• If you have received several highly competitive
  and prestigious awards, include them in a
  separate section
• If not, dont draw attention to the fact that you
  havent by creating a separate section
• Common honors do not need an explanation (Phi
  Beta Kappa)
• Foreign awards need a description (Ex One of
  three selected from 2,000 graduate chemists
  worldwide)

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Sections of a Vita

• Publications/Presentations
• Standard bibliographic form for your field
• May be subcategorized if you have a very long
  list
• May be acceptable to list articles as submitted
  or in preparation
• Dissertations are not usually considered
  publications unless they are subsequently
  published in a journal or as a book by a
  recognized publisher
• Be aware of the prestige hierarchies
• Presentations at established scholarly societies
  or articles in refereed journals come before term
  papers or publications in popular journals or
  newspapers
• Dont put in anything you dont want a hiring
  committee to read

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Sections of a Vita

• Professional Experience
• If you are applying for a position in a
  professional school, describe any non-academic
  experience that you have in that field
• Licensure/Registration/Certification
• List credentials in field where they are required
  (nursing, education, architecture)

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Sections of a Vita

• Grants
• List the funding agency and the project for which
  it was awarded
• You may list dollar amounts of major funded
  research
• Scholarly and Professional Memberships
• List memberships or committee work in
  scholarly/professional organizations, university
  committees, etc.
• Include sessions that you have organized or
  moderated

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Sections of a Vita

• Research Interests
• Gives you a chance to outline specific research
  interests that demonstrate a wider range of areas
  in which you could contribute (Ex PhD in history
  may include the areas titled Labor History or the
  Cold War)
• Teaching Competencies
• Opportunity to highlight specific courses that
  you are qualified to teach

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Sections of a Vita

• Skills
• This may include miscellaneous information such
  as knowledge of foreign languages, extensive
  travel, or work you completed prior to
• attending graduate school
• References
• Dissimilar to a resume, you may include reference
  at the bottom of a CV or on a separate reference
  list

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Formatting

• Prioritize information
• Not everything deserves equal space
• Create different CVs for different jobs

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FormattingTeaching vs. Research Focus

• CV emphasizing teaching may include
• Teaching experience
• Teaching interests
• Descriptions of student contact
• Pedagogical training
• Experience at teaching institutions
• CV emphasizing research may include
• Research experience
• Research interests
• Technical expertise
• Grant Writing experience

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Additional Tips

• Ask your advisor or a faculty member for a copy
  of their CV
• Come into Career Services and Experiential
  Learning for a CV review

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References

• Heiberger and Vick. The Academic Job Search
  Handbook, 2nd edition
• Jackson and Geckeis. How to Prepare Your
  Curriculum Vitae.
• More CV examples available on CSEL web-site under
  Graduate Students/Academic Job-Search

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