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CV Resume
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A CV resume is a Curriculum Vitae, and is slightly different from the traditional American resume. CV resumes are more commonly found in Europe and countries that have European roots from colonial times. When CV resumes are used in the U.S. they are more commonly seen in academia and/or created for individuals applying to advanced degree programs and fellowships or research grants. One of the main differences between a CV and a resume is that while a resume typically chronicles an individual’s professional career and background education that developed into the career, a curriculum vitae is more of a synopsis of the individual’s entire life.
Educational / Academic Backgrounds
Typically a CV resume will not include any information about the individual’s high school, or grade school, education. There are some situations that merit the inclusion of pre-college material such as an individual who went through an advanced program, duel enrolled high school courses, or “Governor’s” school programs that are particularly impressive. If the situation merits including this information then you should, if not, start with your most recently completed college or post-graduate degree and work backwards chronologically. You should include information about the courses, academic achievements, scholarship grants, and any other relevant information in this section of your CV resume.
Teaching and Research Experience
Considering the fact that a CV resume is typically reserved for academia, it makes sense that teaching and research experience should be included in the document. If you have teaching experience then provide details about the course you taught or assisted in teaching, what you role as a teacher entailed, and your typical audience that you taught. For research experience, include information about the objective of the research, your role in the research, and if the project was your design or if you were assisting a peer or professor.
Publications and Awards
Most publications will result from research experience. Make sure that whoever is reading your resume can connect the fact that any publication that has you as an author, co-author, or ghostwriter is easily linked to the applicable research experience previously mentioned in your CV resume. Awards for research findings or academic excellence can be included in this section; make sure that you explain how you received the award of recognition for your work as well as any notes on how prestigious or impressive the award is.
Extracurricular Activities and Affiliations
Another important section of your curriculum vitae is more personal in nature and includes information about activities, clubs, and other groups that you spent your time with outside of your academic work. The more exclusive the club or group, such as invitation only academic fraternities and associations, the more impressive it will appear on your CV. If you are unsure of how to include this into your curriculum vitae, you can conduct a search online for CV resume samples or templates to give you an idea of what it should look like.
Because a CV is a highly specialized type of resume for the field of academia, it is vital that it be well formatted and devoid of any grammatical, spelling or typographical errors. The person reviewing the CV resume is going to be a scholar in his or her own right, and will expect nothing less than perfection. If further information is required, online searches can yield invaluable tools in learning how to format a professional CV resume.
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