Using your C.V. to make a 5 year career plan

Welcome to Part III of my series on academic CVs. In Part I, we discussed writing your first academic CV; in Part II, we looked at how to format your document. Now that you have a current, updated CV, let's think about how you can use it as a long term planning and time management …

CVs, Part II: Formatting and more

Last month, we chatted about putting together your first academic CV. So now what? Formatting, of course! All that fun stuff like margin sizes, san serif vs. serif fonts, how far to indent, left justifying columns... such fun! Karen Kelskey over at The Professor Is In has a fairly comprehensive blog post on formatting your …

Writing your first academic C.V.

Today - the first installment in my series on academic C.V.'s. Buckle up, friends! Near the start of my grad school journey in 2013, I needed to make my first academic C.V. I was submitting an abstract for an academic conference, and the organizers requested a C.V. as well. Being a second year Masters student, …