I prepared and presented this PPT on academic CV crafting in a webinar to guide higher study aspirants in preparing their CVs for grad school applications. Let me know if this helps. If you have any questions, please shoot an email. Thanks!

1. ACADEMIC CV
CRAFTING
FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICATION
ABDULLAH AL SAAD
PHD CANDIDATE, SCHOOL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, USA.
WWW.ABDULLAHALSAAD.COM

2. ACADEMIC CV
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Portray a person academically
Not a resume
Not a biodata
Directed to North American academia

3. KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE
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A CV (CurriculumVitae)
A Resume
A Biodata

4. GETTING
STARTED
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Prepare oneself professionally
Prepare oneself academically
Gather all important information
Information related to academia
Start putting all info together
Polish all info
Voila!There’s your CV prepared!!

5. ITEMS IN A CV
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Name,Address, Contact Info
Research Interest
Education (Baccalaureate, Post-Baccalaureate)
Thesis and Projects
Experience (Teaching/Industry) –Only if you are getting paid
Publication
Conference, Seminar, Symposium (As attendee)
Technical Expertise
Professional Affiliation
Professional Training
Leadership/Social Service/Volunteering

6. NAME,ADDRESS,
CONTACT INFO
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Don’t use excessively huge font size
Keep your address short
Cell/Email as contact
Keep your email short and professional
LinkedIn/Website address-keep it professional
Try not to hyperlink anything
If hyperlink, do not change color
Avoid excessive white space
Keep it simple

7. RESEARCH
INTEREST
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Few phrases
Avoid mixing fields
Keep in single line
Avoid bold/italic
Bullets not necessary

8. EDUCATION
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Only Baccalaureate and Post-Baccalaureate
No HSC, SSC, JSC, PSC,A-Level, O-Level etc. etc.
(This is not Bangladesh!)
No Table (Forget Choudhury & Hossein, they are
outdated!)
Mention your degree, institution, Result (Grade),
Supervisor, timeline
Class position: eh! (I personally don’t like it, kills
space)

9. THESIS AND
PROJECTS
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Bachelors' thesis/ Masters Thesis/ PhD
Dissertation
Mention the name of the project
Accomplishment in 2-3 sentences
Timeline

10. EXPERIENCE
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Teaching experience/Industry
experience
Preferably where you get paid
Mention position, institute,
timeline, roles in a couple bullets
Mention relevant experience and
roles

11. PUBLICATION
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Publication in peer reviewed journal
Publication in conference proceedings
Presentation in a conference/Symposium
Use a bibliographical format (APA,IEEE)
Maintain an order
If not published, mention the status
such as,‘manuscript submitted’, ’in preparation’

12. CONFERENCE,
SYMPOSIUM,
SEMINAR
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Mention if it is a huge deal
Only if you attend the event
but not present
Date (US format)

13. TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE
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Methods, Instruments, Software skills
Classify the skills
Do not bluff
Avoid skills like swimming, cycling
Avoid common skills/ irrelevant skills

14. PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATION
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If you have membership
If you actively participate
Duration of affiliation

15. PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
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Training received from esteemed
organization
Certification received from original
vendor
Training that actually demonstrate your
ability
Mention duration of the training
No hyperlink to certificate

16. LEADERSHIP/SOCIAL
SERVICE
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Mention org name, your
position, duration, your
role
Do not use vague
information

17. A COUPLE IMPORTANT THINGS
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Use a popular font
(Times New
Roman, Calibri)
Keep the font size
consistent (All
caption same size,
all body same size)
Avoid white space
Do not use odd
margin, keep it
consistent
Mention all dates
in a single column
(US style)
Do not go over 2
pages
Keep it simple and
readable
Print on a paper
and see how it
looks on a paper
Ask yourself if the
CV represents you
or not

18. WHAT NOT TO
INCLUDE
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Your beautiful photo
Test scores unless you have space
Information that are no way related to your
academic life (marital status, DOB, home
country, hobby, nationality unless US citizen)

19. ANYTHING I FORGOT?
ASK MEYOUR QUESTION!
ABDULLAH.AL.SAAD@OUTLOOK.COM
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