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CVs for Science and Engineering PhD Students

CVs for Science and Engineering PhD Students. What is a CV?. A detailed record of your previous experiences and qualifications? A showcase for your key achievements and skills? A slick piece of self-marketing?

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CVs for Science and Engineering PhD Students

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  1. CVs for Science and Engineering PhD Students

  2. What is a CV? • A detailed record of your previous experiences and qualifications? • A showcase for your key achievements and skills? • A slick piece of self-marketing? • Relevant information which stops a recruiter thinking too hard about whether you could do the job

  3. Help yourself by helping the recruiter • They try to build up a picture of what you have done in specific situations... • ...so that they can imagine what you might do in similar situations in the job • Your application is all they have • They don’t have much time to think about it • They are not going to indulge in any guess work which gives you the benefit of the doubt

  4. CV layouts • Reverse chronological • Experience-focussed • Skills-focussed

  5. The two golden rules The more relevant something is... • ...the more detail you can give and the more space you can take up • ...the easier to find you should make it

  6. A few more guidelines • Maximum of 2 pages for the main CV • academic CV can include more detailed appendices including details of research, conferences, posters, publications, etc. • Reverse chronological • within each section

  7. Know the job • What does the advert say? • What type of person are they seeking? • What skills and qualities would the ideal candidate possess? • How would those qualities be used in different situations in the job?

  8. Know yourself • Review your experiences (not just work) • Identify examples of situations which illustrate how you have used relevant skills and qualities

  9. Common mistakes most people make • Inconsistent, unhelpful and confusing layout and formatting • Spelling mistakes • Wasting space on unimportant stuff • Too much waffle and irrelevant info • Not enough useful detail • what you did, how you did it, how well • quantity, extent, quality, challenge, difficulty • achievements, outcomes, impact, success

  10. Mistakes academics make (non-academic jobs) • Just focusing on the details of your research topic rather than your actions • Just focusing on technical achievements or skills • Too much technical/scientific jargon • Believing that anyone other than academics needs a list of all your publications or academic awards

  11. Presenting your evidence • Think actionverbs • analysed, developed, evaluated, increased, initiated, implemented, led, liaised, organised, planned, presented, supervised, etc. • Think concrete quantities • “5,000 items”, “£50,000”, “team of twelve” • Think real-world results • “4 weeks before deadline”, “25% increase”, “excellent feedback”, “successful implementation”

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