Securing your place as a professional in the academic world is a fiercely competitive, often depersonalized quest. Knowing how to effectively present and promote yourself through your curriculum vitae is a golden key to unlocking the right doors. -- Form publisher's description.

A reference for how to build and maintain a CV, with samples, cover letters, and strategic features for particular situations, along with how to transform a CV into a résumé.

This book is organized into three main sections. The first section, The CV OWNER'S Guide, to quote Fräulein Maria from the Sound of Music, starts at the very beginning, because it is a very good place to start. Start here if your are a true beginner to the art of CV writing. The second section, the CV STYLE GUIDE, provides folks with all the requisite tools and advice they'll need to start drafting, or redrafting, a CV. The final section of the book, CV SAMPLES includes multiple CVs from just about every discipline imaginable. We've even included interdisciplinary examples, professional résumés, dual program CVs, as well as condensed and transformed CVs to meet candidate's special needs (not all CVs are used for job seeking). Find a CV in your discipline, or find one with a look and feel that appeals to you and make it your own. There's no right or wrong way to use this book, so find whatever section is most useful to you and begin the work of creating or recreating your CV. If you already have a job and are using this book to recreate your CV for tenure of other purposes, we say welcome and skip adead to whatever section you'll need to begin your work.

The curriculum vitae, a resume of educational and work background, is essential for undergraduates applying to graduate and professional schools. Now revised and updated, How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae helps readers to analyze their academic career and create the best "academic resume" possible. Features: A new chapter on crafting international CVs Sample CVs, including scannable and international Extensive appendix material with a comprehensive list of action verbs and a bibliography of style books and manuals

The CV Handbook is the definitive guide to drafting and updating a curriculum vitae as used in the American Academy. The CV Handbook sets the record straight and offers dozens of CV samples to help graduate students, new faculty and tenured faculty prepare a more powerful vita. The CV samples used throughout the book are from multiple disciplines from across the academy.

For more than 15 years, The Academic Job Search Handbook has assisted job seekers in all academic disciplines in their search for faculty positions. The guide includes information on aspects of the search that are common to all levels, with invaluable tips for those seeking their first or second faculty position. This new edition provides updated advice and addresses hot topics in the competitive job market of today, including the challenges faced by dual-career couples, job search issues for pregnant candidates, and advice on how to deal with gaps in a CV. The chapter on alternatives to academic jobs has been expanded, and sample resumes from individuals seeking nonfaculty positions are included. The book begins with an overview of the hiring process and a timetable for applying for academic positions. It then gives detailed information on application materials, interviewing, negotiating job offers, and starting the new job. Guidance throughout is aimed at all candidates, with frequent reference to the specifics of job searches in scientific and technical fields as well as those in the humanities and social sciences. Advice on seeking postdoctoral opportunities is also included. Perhaps the most significant contribution is the inclusion of sample vitas. The Academic Job Search Handbook describes the organization and content of the vita and includes samples from a variety of fields. In addition to CVs and research statements, new in this edition are a sample interview itinerary, a teaching portfolio, and a sample offer letter. The job search correspondence section has also been updated, and there is current information on Internet search methods and useful websites.

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