CV Help?

[Just Jeff]

Is there some sort of online service that can help me review my CV for my PhD applications?

[fuzzylogician]

There are such services out there, but it's not clear that you need that kind of help for building an academic CV. 

 

There are lots of useful tips here: http://theprofessorisin.com/category/how-to-write-cvs/. This person also offers a paid service, but I can't say anything about it one way or the other. Before you pay someone money, I'd suggest trying to get some (free) advice from professors and friends. One thing you could do to get started is browse the webpages of schools you're considering applying to. Find the grad students' page and see if you can google some students who are 1-2nd years in the program. Look at their CVs and try to determine what kind of stuff they had on there when they applied. It'll give you an idea of what people's CVs look like and it'll also give you an example of a good structure. These things are somewhat field-specific, and in additiona you'll probably find that even within your (sub)field there is no just one correct way of doing things, so just pick a CV that you like and format yours to look similar. Then, once you have a CV, ask a professor to take a look. Hopefully you have someone in your school who would agree to help, and if you've done a good job researching what a CV looks like, it shouldn't be a hard task for them!