Dante311 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Any good outlines to develop a CV? and how many pages based on degrees? 1 page for a BS... 2 pages for an MS? thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runonsentence Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 The Purdue OWL has some advice for getting you started, I believe. You should collect several samples from people from your own discipline/sub-field, as well, to give you an idea of some successful ways to present information. If you don't have any friends/colleagues/mentors, just start googling. A lot of people make their CVs public on research blogs, department websites (including grad students), and the like. As for length, there are no hard-and-fast rules there, either. Just use common sense: don't overly fluff things, but don't get so verbose that a committee is reading a 15-page document. I think I sent out a 3-page CV in my applications; I'm up to 4, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante311 Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 The Purdue OWL has some advice for getting you started, I believe. You should collect several samples from people from your own discipline/sub-field, as well, to give you an idea of some successful ways to present information. If you don't have any friends/colleagues/mentors, just start googling. A lot of people make their CVs public on research blogs, department websites (including grad students), and the like. As for length, there are no hard-and-fast rules there, either. Just use common sense: don't overly fluff things, but don't get so verbose that a committee is reading a 15-page document. I think I sent out a 3-page CV in my applications; I'm up to 4, now. I appreciate the response. My graduate adviser told me that 2 pages was way too much. 1-1.5 pages was more than plenty... I feel privileged to have completed what I've done. My CV includes (my information in the header) Objective Professional Profile (2 bullet pts) Education (my MS & BS) Teaching Responsibilities Scholarly Contributions / Publications Professional Memberships / Certifications Professional / Technical Expertise Research Experience (with sub headings for Clincial Research Asst & Clincial Ex Phys) heh too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eco_env Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I appreciate the response. My graduate adviser told me that 2 pages was way too much. 1-1.5 pages was more than plenty... I feel privileged to have completed what I've done. My CV includes (my information in the header) Objective Professional Profile (2 bullet pts) Education (my MS & BS) Teaching Responsibilities Scholarly Contributions / Publications Professional Memberships / Certifications Professional / Technical Expertise Research Experience (with sub headings for Clincial Research Asst & Clincial Ex Phys) heh too much? leave out objective- no one does that anymore. put in a grant/awards section if you have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runonsentence Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Some of my applications specifically requested an objectives statement in the CV. I'd either keep it, or create two versions (one with, one without). You can get creative with some of your sections, too, to help save space. If your awards mostly consisted of things like scholarships, for instance, that could maybe be merged into the education section (i.e., list awards/scholarships after each educational institution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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