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How to Prepare a CV

on April 27, 2009 9:36 AM | Permalink

This posting is a guest entry from the Career Doctor, Randall S. Hansen, PhD:

Janet writes:

Enjoying your site but no luck finding info on preparing a ciruculum vitae (spelling may not be perfect). I was hoping you could direct me to an example of one. I’m applying for a speaking certification and was told this would be more relevant than a resume. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Career Doctor responds:

Curriculum vitaes, or CVs or vitaes for short, are basically resumes, used most often by academicians and scientists. They are also often required when applying to graduate or professional programs, and when applying for international employment.

They contain all the basic information that a resume contains — name, address, work experience, education, certifications, awards and honors — but usually also contain other pertinent information, such as scholarly activities (such as papers in journals, presentations and workshops, creative projects, etc.), professional development, patents, teaching/course evaluations, service to the profession. Vitaes also do not have the short (1-2) page requirement of resumes.

Read my article published on Quintessential Careers: Preparing a Curriculum Vitae (CV).

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How to Prepare a CV

Katharine

on December 5, 2008 10:20 AM | Permalink

This posting is a guest entry from the Career Doctor, Randall S. Hansen, PhD:

Janet writes:

The Career Doctor responds:

Read my article published on Quintessential Careers: Preparing a Curriculum Vitae (CV).

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If Resume Spills Only Slightly onto Second Page, Best to Condense to One

Katharine

on November 13, 2008 10:25 AM | Permalink

This posting is a guest entry from the Career Doctor, Randall S. Hansen, PhD:

Yuanjie writes:

I am now writing my resume and cover letter based on your online advice. I am a student and will get my PhD degree in mechanical engineering soon.

My resume is slightly more than one page. Do I have to compress it into one page?

The Career Doctor responds:

I’m glad you are thinking ahead and working on your job-search materials. What do you plan to do after you receive your Ph.D.?

Do you plan to go into business/industry? If so, then you probably do want to write a resume. In this case, I would guess your resume will be longer than a page — just based on your education alone. I believe it’s almost always best to go to a two-page resume than to reduce font size and margins (and readability) just to get your resume to fit on one page. Remember the rule that if you go to a second page, that the second page should have enough content to fill at least half a page.

Or do you plan to go into academia? If so, then what you really need is a curriculum vitae, which shares some attributes with a resume, but which tends to be longer because there is more information is included in a CV. An academic CV would include information beyond your education and experience, including scholarly contributions, professional development, teaching, and service.

That said, the goal of a resume and CV is the same. These are marketing documents designed to help you get to the next step in the job-search process — the job interview.

Learn more about CVs by reading this article published on Quintessential Careers: Preparing a Curriculum Vitae (CV).

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