| The curriculum vitae, commonly referred to as a CV, Vita, or Vitae, is a detailed biographical description of ones educational and work background. It differs from a resume, a one-page description of ones work experience and educational background not only in length but also in detail. The origin of the term curriculum vitae is Latin and means the course of ones life or career. As such, a CV includes detailed information regarding ones academic coursework, professional experience, publications, and so on. The curriculum vitae, long in use among professionals in higher education, has gained currency among undergraduates applying for admission to graduate and professional schools, as well as among applicants for selected areas of employment such as those in research, teaching, and management. Moreover, because of the growing tendency to use brief application formsoften only two pages longsome graduate and professional programs actually encourage applicants to enclose a CV with their applications. For these reasons, the curriculum vitae is often referred to as an academic resume. As you prepare your CV, it is important to use the critical-thinking skills you have learned as a result of your education or training. Few individuals realize that the critical-thinking skills they acquire as they pursue an academic degree are transferable to other aspects of their lives. The ability to use ones skills in a given context is called application. In other words, using the skills one has acquired through education or training constitutes the application of ones skills and knowledge. For instance, someone who has majored in languages might be able to use his or her language skills to interpret at an international conference. Of course, prospective employers, colleges, and universities are naturally interested in what you know and how well you know it. However, they are especially interested in whether or not you can apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired to the job or research position for which you are applying. Now that you have established your competencies and skills, transfer them to a working draft of your curriculum vitae. This preliminary draft will reflect, in the broadest sense, the essence, structure, and components of your experiences as a graduate with credentials from institutions of higher education. Your CV will also include experiences that you have pursued after such study. Naturally, there are some common experiences that students and professionals in a wide range of occupations share and which should be reflected in a CV. The following list comprises the major components, or defining characteristics, of a CV: Professional/Career/Vocational/Research Objectives Education Coursework Honors/Achievements/Awards/Kudos Thesis/Dissertation Abstract Research Interests Research and/or Laboratory Experience Teaching Interests and Experience Instrumentation Experience Specialized Skills Publications/Presentations/Works-in-Progress Work Experience Professional Associations/Learned/Scientific Societies Background Community Service Cocurricular Activities Interests Travel References/Letters of Recommendation These components are not finite and therefore should be tailored to meet your needs. Adapt them to fit your experiencesuse them, in fact, as a basis for creating components that more precisely fit your own situation. | curriculum vitae [kə̗rɪkjυləm´vi:taɪ] description[dɪ´skrɪpʃn] , ; resume [´rezjυmeɪ] ; career [kə´rɪə] 1) ; 2) , ; applying for [ə´plaɪ] employment [ɪm´plɔɪment] management [´mænɪdʒmənt], application form [̗æplɪ´keɪʃn̗fɔ:m] to enclose [ɪn´kləυz] skills [skɪl] to interpret [ɪn´tɜ:prɪt] employer [ɪm´plɔɪə] competence [´kɒmpɪtǝns] working draft [drɑ:ft] essence [´esns] structure [´strʌktʃə] credentials [krə´denʃl] occupation [̗ɒkjυ´peɪʃn] , kudos [´kju:dɒs] |
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| RESUME Name: Svetlana Botkina Address: Yuzhnaya ul. 23-2 Kiev Ukraine Tel.: 223-33-45 (home) 067 274 37 94 (cell) Date of birth: 23 June 1985 Age: 26 Marital status: Single Nationality: Ukrainian Objective To secure a part-time position that offers a variety of tasks, in which to use my secreterial skills and knowledge of foreign languages. Education Dates: 1995-2005 College: South Thames College, London. Qualifications: Secretarial Courses; Shorthand Grade 2; Typing Grade 3. Dates: 2006-2008 College: Oxleigh Secretarial College, College Road, Oxleigh. Qualifications: Secreterial skills Refresher Course: Shorthand (90 w.p.m.); Typing (60 w.p.m.). Book-keeping Grade 1. Word-processing. Employment Dates: 2008 to present Company: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. Position: Secretary to the Sales Manager. Responsibilities: Taking shorthand; typing and filing correspondence, office support, etc. | |
| English curriculum vitae phillip hogarth hedgeworth box CDE, colgate station, hamilton, new york. telephone (315) 555-1234 4 stanton place, rochester, new york. telephone (716) 555-4569 literary interests continued work in writing and poetry, focusing on the development of craft, image, and voice; study of psychological and cultural complexities of poems and poets; interest in works of pound, williams, lowell, bishop, plath, hayden, ginsberg, and rich workshops poetry writing workshop professor bruce berlind emphasized critique and discussion of form and content, experimented with syllable verse, sestinas, and various other rhyme and metrical schemes short fiction workshop visiting author david bradley emphasized extensive revision of working short stories; four drafts written over course of three months. mr. bradley stressed combination of creativity and discipline independent in reading and writing poetry professor bruce berlind month-long intensive study of modern poets such as richard wilbur, denise levertov, and ted hughes; also wrote and revised two or three poems per week and met with professor berlind for discussions cocuricular activities cofounder, colgate university poetry society, 1995 organized and participated in poetry workshops every other week. edited and published poetry in the colgate maroon cofounder and assistant president, colgate literary society, 19951996 organized bureaucracy to tie literary aspects of the colgate campus together; ran poetry and short fiction workshops; organized faculty lectures and co-sponsored visiting writers; administered the first in a series of poetry, short fiction and essay contests; hosted informal group discussions on literary topics poetry editor, the colgate maroon, spring, 1996. one of two colgate weekly newspapers education b.a., may 1996, colgate university, hamilton, new york major: english, gpa 3.7 workshop, gpa 3.7 minor: history, gpa 3.4 coursework English history related workshops growth of nation-states roots of western poetryprofessor berlind in europe civilization *poetryprofessor europe in crisis since the modern experience balakian 1815 north american Indians short fiction u.s. in vietnam (1945-75) international ethics independent reading and formation of the russian *ethics writing poetry empire *mass media, society, other history of american and the individual british literature I diplomacy introduction to religion british literature II *seminar: problems in the buddhist tradition american literature american diplomacy comparative cultures the novel I cultural identity of contract tradition in the american novel europe modern thought shakespeare literature of the 17th century *the brontes *denotes spring 1996 courses honors deans award for academic excellence; six of six semesters edward wood scholarship 1995, academic excellence allen poetry award 1996, literary excellence runner-up, colgate winter poetry contest 1993 honorable mention, colgate literary society, fall 1995 poetry contest other experiences lifeguard, athletic department, colgate university, 19931995 student worker, case library, colgate university, 19941996 carpenters assistant, alternative timber structures, summers 19931995 | |
| Mathematics SUJATA A. CHATTERJEE 8 Colonial Way, Morristown, NJ 07934 Fax: 201/555-6451 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 201/555-471 BACKGROUND Dual Indian and U.S.A. citizenship with extended residency in Sweden. Fluent in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Swedish. Superior skills in applied mathematics with particular emphasis on applications of mathematical and computer models for the development of effective management systems. EXPERIENCE AT&T BELL LABORATORIES Morristown, NJ 1994present Senior Research Associate. Manage team of twenty-five assistants in longitudinal study of the impact of short-term memory on effective management of hourly employees. TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH Bombay, India 1991 Assistant to Dr. V. R. Singh, Director. Conducted research in pure and applied mathematics. BOSE INSTITUTE Calcutta, West Bengal 1990 Research Assistant in nuclear physics and solid state physics. BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE Bombay, India 1989 Assistant to committee that studied the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. EDUCATION MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA Ph.D., 1994, (cum laude) in applied mathematics Dissertation: Linear partial differential operators in Gevrey spaces1 Coursework: -Ordinary and Partial Differential -Groups, Rings and Fields -Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable -Ring Theory -Banach Algebras and Spectral Theory -Representation Theory -Unbounded Operations -Homological Algebra -Classical Harmonic -Abstract Harmonic Analysis -Transformation Groups UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, Presidency College West Bengal M.Sc., 1990, in applied mathematics Papers: -K-theory -Geometry -Number theory -General topology -Set theory -Statistics -Mathematical logic and foundations -Computer science B.Sc., 1986, (First Class Honors) in mathematics Pass subjects: physics and astronomy SKILLS Educational and practical knowledge of C; C11, UNIX; MS DOS Windows; networking technologies such as WAN, LAN, SNA, CPUs, JCL procedures; ES 9000; COBOL; PASCAL; X.400; X.25; SNA; OSI; database and design support software. POSTDOCTORAL AWARDS AND STUDIES The Mittag-Leffler Institute, 1991, Sweden Award: 100,000 Swedish crowns Studies: mathematical physics The Lettie Delilah Hensen Fellowship at Rhodes University, 1990, Grahamstown, South Africa Studied pure and applied mathematics AFFILIATIONS Association for Symbolic Logic Association for Women in Mathematics PUBLICATIONS S.A. Chatterjee. Ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and applied mathematics Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 62(1994), 172194. GRANTS An empirical study of the impact of perceived environmental uncertainty and perceived agent effectiveness on the composition of compensation contracts. Research supported by a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. |
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V. Discussion
1) What is a curriculum vitae?
2) Is the curriculum vitae differ from a resume?
3) How important is a well-presented CV or resume?
4) What are the major components or defining characteristics of a CV?
5) What information should it include?
Effective Application
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