<p>Is one's curriculum vitae identical to a resume? How should I format the damn thing? What belongs on it, besides publications and teaching experience? Is there a good link for how to put together a professional-looking CV, or can I just follow resume protocols? </p>
<p>I've been in the workforce for a while and I know how to write a resume; I also have substantial teaching experience and soon, if all goes as planned, a journal article under my belt. I just don't know how to pull it all together into a brag sheet.</p>
<p>I'm glad you all are here so I don't have to put a question this obvious to my faculty contacts (also my recommenders). I did do some looking around, but I haven't found the answer online myself yet. Thanks all.</p>
<p>Just google the names of a few professors in your field, plus the term "CV." Or go to your department's website and see if your professors have posted their CVs. Follow the template. </p>
<p>A CV looks much like a resume, except Education is the first category. Other categories are Publications, Presentations, etc.</p>
<p>So it appears that my CV will be enormously short: my two undergraduate institutions (I transferred), my MA, my very few awards, my one undergraduate research fellowship and assistantship, my one article, my languages: probably three quarters of a page. Maybe a page.</p>
<p>Someone tell me that this is normal for applicants to PhD programs in the humanities, please...</p>
<p>(Why do they make us submit CVs at all? For the benefit of those very few who have several articles published as undergrads, or extensive teaching experience?)</p>
<p>Additionally, I was told by one of the faculty members at one of my top choice schools that I should consider getting a recommendation from the owner of the college preparatory program where I work (I'm the head teacher and do course design, etc.). This program is a private institution, not a traditional school. Since it was good enough for a recommendation, I'd like to get it represented somewhere on my CV, but I don't know how, or if doing so is even appropriate. Anyone have feedback?</p>
<p>Go to your advisor or a professor you know well and ask him to show you how to create a CV. They are very different from an average "resume." My advisor shoed me his CV and is working with me to put mine together. Also, he told me that to get into a PhD program, if you present a few papers at conferences and/or sit on a few panels at conferences you are right where you should be. If you publish as a Masters student thant you are way above and beyond tha majority of your peers. Of course, I am a COMM major, so I don't know how this info relates to different fields.</p>
<p>Well, this will probably be different in non science fields but the CV includes the title of projects that you worked on, corresponding grants that funded the work, collaborations (if appropriate), advanced coursework in your field, methodologies, poster sessions, presentations, publications, awards etc. I would imagine for the individuals coming straight out of undergrad, this would be short and unimpressive. CV's are typically reserved for PhDs who have had time to build a solid record of accomplishments.</p>
<p>You may want to include the following information... mostly consider how you would like to be perceived by someone who only has this single document to judge you on. I think that should help you decide on which topics are relevant and those that are not.</p>
<p>Education
Thesis
Publications
Teaching
Co-curricular activities
Conferences
Presentations
Work history
Research experiences
Awards and honors
Laboratory skills
Technical skills
Computer skills
____ skills (insert area specific to your field)</p>
<p>and the list could go on.... CV's unlike resumes, are comprehensive and usually long. Don't feel like you should cut out accomplishments or skills to save room.</p>
<p>Hi all, do conference travel grants count as "Awards and honors"? Or do they fit in some other category?</p>
<p>I've seen a lot of CVs where they list their thesis work again as "research experience", would this necessarily be seen as fluffing the CV or standard practice?</p>
<p>Also, creolan, you separated Conferences and Presentations. Any distinctions between the two? If I were asked to guest lecture an undergraduate course on a particular topic, how and which section should this tidbit of experience be on the CV?</p>
<p>I would not suggest listing one's thesis as research experience. However, if you traveled to an archive in doing such research, I would list the archival work as research experience.</p>
<p>There is no reason to separate conferences and presentations. One does not list conferences attended, only presentations given. A guest lecture would be listed under Guest Lectures or Invited Lectures. Do note, however, that a presentation that one gives in one's own class is not listed anywhere on a CV. </p>
<p>Here's a rule of thumb: if anything you did was peer-reviewed, or competitive, it should be featured on your CV. If everyone had the same opportunity you did, it should be omitted or at least downplayed.</p>
<p>Professor X, I value your opinion, so here's a follow-up question if you see the thread and have time: in a Ph.D. application, is it appropriate to be slightly more inclusive than one would be in the job market? For instance, I have done some original editions of previously unidentified/unedited medieval manuscripts, which counts as significantly original work in my specialty, but I have not published them. I have a number of projects which seem marginal in that respect: things that I would not consider listing on a professional CV but might list for now, partly to pad the CV :) and partly to get them on my app (since they represent significant research but are not genuine publications). Projects like this one do not meet your peer-reviewed/competitive criteria but I suppose that they were genuine archival research.
Anyone else with two cents, I'd also be glad to hear it. </p>
<p>From my understanding CV's are used in academia while resumes are used in business, but correct my if I'm wrong. So that may clarify your previous question a little. If it's appropriate for academics then it goes on your CV.</p>
<p>Great question. I'd suggest a category on your CV entitled "Research in Progress" or "Current Research." This work should be discussed in more detail in your SoP.</p>
<p>what's the status of non-academic publications (for example, if you published in popular magazines or newspapers)--should that be listed? also, if you've taken time off from school to work, and work has taken up most of your time (at the expense of conference presentations and the like), is it reasonable to mention your job prominently and elaborate, especially if your job is cool or unusual (not like male prostitute unusual, but related field unusual)?</p>
<p>IMHO, you should not mention non-academic publications, unless you're in journalism. One possible exception would be if these articles were directly related to your intended subfield. If so, then they could be listed at the very bottom of the CV under a category called Related Publications, or Popular Media, or something like that. (If you were an established academic, they would be listed under Service or Public Outreach.)</p>
<p>Employment is usually confined to academic employment. However, in your case, you might want to invent a category called Related Employment under which you list the job, but do not elaborate. You could place this directly beneath Education. However, unlike a resume, there is no elaboration on a CV.</p>
<p>Note: In the sciences, employment in a laboratory setting is definitely included on a CV, usually under a category like Experience or Employment, and it can also be placed directly beneath Education.</p>
<p>I am in the process of preparing a manuscript and will be slated for submission in late December. However, applications are due soon, and because my publication record is kind of non-existent at this point, is it worthwhile to include this on my CV as "in preparation"? Would it be stretching the truth to write "submitted" seeing that by the time they look at my application documents, it will (hopefully) be submitted--with possible authorship and article title changes?</p>
<p>"Submitted" is never an appropriate descriptor on a CV. "Under Review" is the proper descriptor. </p>
<p>However, in your case, neither would be appropriate, or honest. As I mentioned upthread, you should create a category on your CV describing current projects (possibly entitled "Current Research"), and you should mention the project in your SoP.</p>
<p>I would like to respectfully disagree with Professor X on this one. I believe that listing a publication as "in preparation" or "in submission" is fine in the sciences. The "in preparation" suggests that the data collection/analysis is complete and you are working on the intro, discussion and formatting. "in submission" is also appropriate as in the sciences, most publications are not accepted as is. They require rounds of review and complementary experiments etc.</p>
<p>There are indeed differences between humanities and sciences in regard to CVs. </p>
<p>I'd just like to add that publications are hardly ever accepted "as is" in the humanities as well. They also require review, revision, and resubmission. This is precisely why one cannot list an article as "published" on a humanities CV until it really is available in print. </p>
<p>In the humanities, the convention is to list such articles under "Research in Progress" or a similar category. One can note there that the article is "Under review" or "Accepted, in revision," etc. In the humanities, listing an article prematurely under "Publications" is considered dishonestly padding one's CV.</p>