OCN 750 Class #9: March 6Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2)

Housekeeping & Announcements

CV Content Questions & Aesthetics Intro

Revise your CV On your own

Break

In groups if desired

Upcoming Classes & Assignments

Housekeeping & AnnouncementsReflection 2

Returned via email or hard copyCompilation of questions for career speakers in Day 6 folder

Due today: Project Progress Report Project Proposal revision (if appropriate)

Science Communication (Nancy Baron) & Diversity (Tyrone Hayes)

Reports & questions from class? Barb?

Critical Elements of the CV

1. Content2. Wordsmithing3. Format4. Aesthetics5. Proofreading

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Today}Today’s material:Recycled with permission from: Dr. Catherine Fulford, UHhttp://www.cte.hawaii.edu/handouts/Fulford/CV_workshop.html

Questions on CV content

Questions from the class?

Experience Categories Research/Professional Experience

don’t need to list all jobs (research the employer!) Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant positions Guest lectures

Synergistic Activities Mentoring Outreach Science Communication Broadening Participation

Research Cruises/Fieldwork Professional Development

Workshops/trainings

Potentially some overlap – choose titles based on your experience and job ad/ employer

Other Categories Service Honors & Awards Grants Languages Publications (can divide into categories) Presentations (optional) References

who have agreed to write you letters – cultivate now Higher-level references can help

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Questions on CV content

Questions from the class?

How incorporate flower diagram skills & interests?

(esp. those that are not technical science skills)

CV should highlight 2-3 key pieces of your “academic persona” – how do this?

Albert MehrabianSilent messages (1971)

Words 7%

Vocal 38%

Visual 55%

Visual cues strongly influence perceptions of trust & believability.

4. Aesthetics

General tips: text amount & formatLeave 20% white space.Write in shorter paragraphs.

7 10 words per line (!)

Avoid heavy lines.

Avoid least read – bottom left.Use most read – bottom right.

Two alternatives to traditional text layout 1) Use 2/3-1/3 format with header column

* Achieve with table formatting - avoid using tabs *

2) Use 2 columns

1) Use 2/3-1/3 format with header column

2) Use 2 columns

How might your content fit these formats?

Choose your fonts with care

Text: use serif fonts (good for print media):Palatino Times Courier

Headers: sans-serif OKGenevaArialHelvetica Or: use SMALL CAPS

DO use 12-point font

DO use ragged right justification

DON’T use sentence constructions that cause reading twice, like / and ( )

DON’T leave out articles like “the” or “a”

DON’T use lots & lots of bullets

Readability guidelines

Grammatically parallel – use the same verb form

use, list, describeusing, listing, describinguses, lists, describes

Use parallel structure Conceptually parallel – use the same classification

Functions vs. tasks vs. sub-tasks I, II, III vs. A, B, C vs i, ii, iii

Other types of parallel structure or grammatical

consistency?

Avoid overusing acronyms

Use acronyms correctlySpell out the first time

with acronym in parentheses

Don't use Latin abbreviations in text, but OK in citationsetc., i.e., e.g., vs., et al.

Acronyms & Abbreviations

5. Proofread & proofreadProofread multiple times, checking 1 element

each time for consistency & accuracy:1. Font size 2. Verb forms (parallel structure)3. Punctuation 4. Capitalization

Ask 2 friends to proofread your CV

Another example CV

Johanna Wren’s CV:“before” & “after” Rob Toonen’s PD class

(on course website)

Note on references: see impact factor & # citations For more info on impact factors & citation indices, see document from Rob Toonen (course website)

Remember: good design is invisible

Enhance your professional image

Increase your self-confidence

Increase employer’s level of trust in you

Enhance employer’s perceptions of your knowledge

CV Revisions in classPart 1 (now – 1:50 pm)

Revise your CV individually (content or aesthetics or both)

Break (1:50 – 2:00 pm)

Part 2 (2:00 – 2:40 pm)Individual CV workGroup CV work: focusing on contentGroup CV work: focusing on aesthetics

CV revisions in class

Questions or comments?

Upcoming classes & assignments, etc.Due 3/13:

CVBusiness Card

See Day 2 materials for template Vistaprint, FedEx Office, C-MORE Ed Office, others?

3/13: Career SpeakersWill ask panelists to address work-life balance issues

Now: handing back work-life balance reflections