1. CURRICULUM
VITAE
Overhaulin!

2. How is a CV different from
a resume?
§ Length
§ Résumé
=
brief(er)
professional
identity
§ CV
=
academic
history
(teacher,
researcher
&
scholar)
§ CV
is
always
accompanied
by
a
cover
letter.
§ Résumé
&
CV
(and
cover
letter)
should
keep
you
from
being
immediately
eliminated.

3. A word of
w arning!

4. Organization, Layout & Structure
§ Consistency
§ in
fonts,
text
transformations
§ in
margins
(vertical
lines)
&
line
spacing

5. Vertical lines!

6. Vertica l lines!

7. Organization, Layout & Structure
§ Consistency
§ in
fonts,
text
transformations
§ in
margins
(vertical
lines)
&
line
spacing
§ Parallelism
§ in
verbiage

8. Para llelism in text!

9. Organization, Layout & Structure
§ Consistency
§ in
fonts,
text
transformations
§ in
margins
(vertical
lines)
&
line
spacing
§ Parallelism
§ in
verbiage
§ Spelling
&
grammar
should
be
immaculate
§ APA
should
be
immaculate.
§ Easily
digested
&
understood
§ Your
name
should
be
big
(probably
the
biggest
thing
on
the
page).

10. continued...
Organization, Layout & Structure
§ Use
your
best
document
design
&
text
formatting,
but
no
ransom
notes.

11. N o ransom notes!

12. continued...
Organization, Layout & Structure
§ Use
your
best
document
design
&
text
formatting,
but
no
ransom
notes.
§ Careful
using
“extra
returns”
between
lines
due
to
Gestalt
Principle
of
Proximity

13. G et closer
to the heading!

14. Content
§ Pay
attention
to
opaque
or
missing
details.
§ Dates
are
key
components.
Omissions
will
be
noticed.
§ If
for
higher
education,
then
you
need
“Publications”
&
“Presentations”
§ Honors
is
very
nice.
§ Use
the
“holes”
to
recognize
where
you
need
to
spend
your
time.

15. Logistics
§ Fonts
§ Cross
platform
fonts
§ Ones
that
PDF
well
§ Paper
§ Make
sure
it
copies
well.

16. Digital Identity
§ Website
§ Email
§ Social
networking
§ Facebook

17. Paper tha t copies!

18. What Not to Include
§ “Goal”
or
“Objective”
§ “References
available
upon
request.”
§ “Curriculum
Vitae”
or
“Résumé”
§ High
school
anything
§ GPAs
§ Personal
info

19. P ersonal Info!

20. References
§ http://www.premierlinedirect.co.uk/knowledge/
expert-­‐tips-­‐and-­‐guides/2010/8/reading-­‐between-­‐the-­‐
lines-­‐-­‐-­‐what-­‐a-­‐cv-­‐can-­‐reveal-­‐about-­‐a-­‐job-­‐applicant
§ http://slodive.com/web-­‐development/things-­‐you-­‐
shouldnt-­‐put-­‐on-­‐cv/
§ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/641/01/