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I need to re-do my CV. I really have no idea what I'm doing with it, though. Tips? I am using it for gradschool and grant applications, not for an actual job.

here is a question.... How do I put in that work I did dor Mike and Alex at Stu? I'll file it under teaching experience, but I'm just not sure what to call it or how to explain it... suggestions? I basically gave lectures to some religious studies undergrad classes, and led a directed readings seminar for a week. Anyone?

Hmmm, I guess what they *really* want is *employment* history. I keep forgetting to tihnk in british. So it is closer to a resume. But do I really want to put down all my work experience? it's depressing. I really don't. I don't want the fact that I worked at a bakery and in a movie theatre and as a prep cook to have any impact on my selection for a phd program ;_;

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Would it help if I emailed you my CV? I'd be happy to, if you like. Also, the Chronicle of Higher Education (www.chronicle.com) has a feature called the CV Doctor that evaluates various CVs (mostly of people with Ph.Ds already), so you might look there.

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that would be awesome, Steve, thanks.

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Sent! :)

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That's awful intimidating you know. What am I getting myself into? ;_;

I dn't think I need to put references in mine for this sort of thing, since they are getting separate reference letters.

I am also not sure what I should do about demonstrating what areas I have studied, or if that is relevant, or what.

I'll figure it out, I guess...

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Don't sweat it. I remember when I was a mere 4th year PhD student, which is still ahead of where you are now, being on the hiring committee for my department and seeing all the CVs of these freshly minted PhDs only a couple of years ahead of me. It was very intimidating at the time, but now I see how CVs build up as your career progresses, and it's not so bad.

Truth be told, when I applied to grad school (admittedly, right out of my BA), my "CV" was basically just my resume, as it didn't have any academic qualifications at all (other than my BA stuff). Looking back at it ten years later, it's ... craptacular.

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Yeha, mine is sort of.... medium crappy. I'm just not sure how I should focus it for this sort of thing.

Thanks for the input, though. :) Someday I will have co-authored articles with famous people! Maybe! Or maybe I'll *be* the famous people, mwa ha ha ha!

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Much more important than your CV for getting into grad school will be your cover letter and your transcripts. Come to think of it, I was on my department's grad admissions committee one year too, and I don't really recall a formal CV being an important part of the consideration. Of course you need something, just to outline what schools you've been at, what grad courses you've already taken, what field/lab experience you have, etc., but it doesn't need to be a masterwork.

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