CV Workshop
April 25, 2021
Melvin S. Marsh
What is the CV?
CV v. Resume
Arranging your CV
Contact/Basic Information
Contact info
Name, address, phone number, email,
Optional : website, Orcid
Names previously published under (if needed)
Research areas of interests (optional, but recommended if applying for academic jobs)
Teaching areas of interest (optional/rarely seen)�
Education Section
Degrees
Degree (abbreviate), Major, School, Year
(double major and minors might be mentioned)
Advisor (optional)
Thesis (usually listed here, if not, they are listed in Publication section)
Additional Education which did not lead to a degree (optional)
visiting student, transfer, etc
Relevant Coursework (optional/rare but might be more helpful for undergrad level)
In Major or related field.
Professional Development
Professional training (if needed for field)
Certifications/licensures
What it is, who issued, when does it expire
You may need to divide into general and specialized
List of professional development if not extreme
Training courses, workshops taken, certificates etc
Conferences attended (generally only used for pre-PhD)
Professional Appointments
Academic Appointments
Government
Industry
Scholarly Activities 1/2
*use your field’s reference style!*
Monographs (you are unlikely to have them)
Thesis (if not placed in education)
Books
Book Chapters
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Include Accepted, In Press (may want to include In Review, but it varies)
Scholarly Activities 2/2
Invited Talks (campuses other than your own or conferences)
Workshops Facilitated (?? There is a question about the location for this)
Conference Papers
Include Accepted
Conference Posters
Include Accepted
Technical Papers / White Papers
If these later get published elsewhere do not include them here
Patents
Other publications
Experience 1/3
Research Experience
Where, Title, When
May list a little bit about job duties
Also include lab rotations if relevant
Experience 2/3
Teaching Experience (possibly divided by university)�*if you have a lot of teaching you have a section called courses taught and courses prepared to teach*
TA positions (List level, class, when, mode)
Tutoring
Guest Lectures
Experience 3/3
Clinical Experience (if relevant)
Other Experience (optional)
** Military service would also mostly go here, awards and anything else would still be in their
normal sections**
Service
Consulting (optional)
Professional Service (Committees, offices, chairs, panels, editing, peer reviewing, etc)
Note : mentoring can go either here or in teaching depending�University Service (Committees, offices, chairs, panels)
Extracurricular University Service (involvement in student groups, etc, optional)
Department Service (Committees, offices, chairs, department talks, panels for class)
Graduate Student Supervision (some debate on the location)
Community Involvement (optional)
Volunteer work, offices, lectures
Media Coverage
Honors
*this could be near front of CV or near the back*
Honors
Awards
Funding / Grants / Scholarships (when you have enough divide them out or drop scholarships)
Skills (Optional, depends on field)
Animal Skills
Computer Skills
Technical Skills (Optional)
Lab Skills
Medical Skills
Outdoor field skills
Other
Travel (optional, field dependent)
Foreign Language skills (optional, field dependent)
Professional Affiliations