{"id":161,"date":"2019-11-14T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/navigatingsocialscience\/?post_type=chapter&p=161"},"modified":"2024-09-19T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T21:09:13","slug":"creating-a-curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/navigatingsocialscience\/chapter\/creating-a-curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"raw":"8.3 Creating a Curriculum Vitae","rendered":"8.3 Creating a Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"raw":"Beyond school, careers paths available to a graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Education typically commence with the submission of a Curriculum Vitae (CV), usually to a human resource department in response to an advertisement for a job. A CV documents your personal contact information, educational background, work experience, and academic achievements (e.g., awards, publications). A CV is different from a resume.<\/em> If you have ever applied for a part-time job or a summer position, you probably developed and submitted a resume. A resume means \u201cabbreviated\u201d or \u201csummarized\u201d in French, and it provides employers with a short version of your education and work experience. It is typically no more than one page in length. A CV, on the other hand, means \u201ccourse of life\u201d in Latin, and it is a more comprehensive list of your accomplishments that can span several pages.\r\n\r\nA CV is also a work in progress.<\/em> Even when you gain entrance into graduate studies or secure a permanent position with some organization, your CV should be updated on a yearly basis to reflect current achievements and ongoing development. You can expect to be asked to produce a CV on occasion throughout your career, sometimes with very little notice. For example, you may be asked to provide a supervisor or department chair with a copy for peer review or evaluation purposes. A CV is generally included in an application for promotion to an administrative position or a tenured position within an academic department. Many research funding agencies ask for a CV along with a grant proposal. Importantly, keeping your CV updated helps you keep track of your teaching and research experiences, your scholarly awards and accomplishments, volunteer work in your community and other forms of service you engage in as well as changes to important contact information sources such as personal references.\r\n\r\nYou will be amazed at how and how much your academic profile builds over time. <\/em>A talk you gave in an introductory psychology class on \u201cThe Subsystems of Memory\u201d<\/em> in the fall of 2019 might start a list of professional presentations. The next year you might add a poster session you gave on \u201cDeclarative Memory<\/em>\u201d at an annual conference of the American Psychology Association. In 2020, you might present your own research on \u201cSemantic Memory\u201d<\/em> at your university\u2019s annual research day and revise your CV to include this as your third professional presentation entry.\r\n\r\nYou never know when your dream job will appear in an advertisement or some great opportunity will arise on short notice so be ready. Start collecting relevant information, dates, and achievements for your CV right now!<\/em> Open a file on your computer and call it \u201cYour Name<\/em> Curriculum Vitae.\u201d The rest of this chapter provides you with step-by-step advice for ways to translate what you have done into a CV that demonstrates your knowledge, skills, abilities, and accomplishments.\r\n

What to Include in a CV<\/h2>\r\n
Note that there are no steadfast rules about what to include in a CV or how to order these items, so feel free to modify these suggestions to suit your own style.<\/div>\r\n

Contact Information<\/h3>\r\n

The first page of your CV generally includes personal contact information and describes your educational background. Begin with the centered title \u201cCurriculum Vitae.\u201d Beneath this, insert your full name. On the next line, place your mailing address. Underneath this, include your work or home phone number, and your email address. The personal contact information should stand out on your CV, so it is okay to put this in bold, italics, or use a specialized, but easy-to-read font.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Dr. Diane G. Symbaluk\r\n<\/em><\/strong>Department of Sociology, MacEwan University\r\n<\/em>6-329, 10700-104 Avenue NW\r\n<\/em>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5J 4S2<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Email: Symbalukd@macewan.ca<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Education<\/h3>\r\nThe next section of your CV is your educational background. List your academic accomplishments, beginning with your highest degree and\/or most recent one. Put the year you earned the degree, flush with the left margin, followed by a space and then the title of the degree, along with any areas of specialization, the educational institute that issued the degree, and if applicable, a title that indicates the topic of research conducted to complete, for instance, a thesis or dissertation.\r\n
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Education<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

1997 <\/strong>Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology <\/strong>(Criminology; Social Psychology)<\/p>\r\n

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\r\n

An application of the General Theory of Crime to Sex Offenders<\/em><\/p>\r\n

1993 <\/strong>Master of Arts, Sociology <\/strong>(Experimental Social Psychology)<\/p>\r\n

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\r\n

Money, Modeling and Pain: The Role of S<\/em>elf-Efficacy and Pain Perception<\/em><\/p>\r\n

1991 <\/strong>Bachelor of Arts with Honours <\/strong>(Major: Sociology)<\/p>\r\n

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\r\n

Activity Anorexia and its Implications for Amateur Wrestlers<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nPerhaps at this point you only have a high school diploma and are working towards your Bachelor of Education degree. List the degree you are working on in progress with an expected completion date, followed by your high school diploma.\r\n

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Education<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2020* <\/strong>Bachelor of Education (in progress)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Elementary Specialization: K to Grade 3<\/p>\r\n

Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Ontario<\/p>\r\n

*Expected completion year<\/em><\/p>\r\n

2016 <\/strong>High School Diploma<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Bev Facey Community High School, Sherwood Park, Alberta<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

If you have any additional certificates, awards, or acknowledgements that show you have other academic or employment-related accomplishments and skills, include them next so that they stand out to the reader. These could include technical certificates, diplomas, professional development or program completion certificates, as well as titles you have earned (e.g., Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate, Victim Services Trainer). Include a title that best fits the types of accomplishments listed such as:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Certifications and Professional Development<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n