Preparing Future Faculty

While there are several elements of this CV that I would adjust from a content perspective, I like the style and topography. It is easy to read and "clean."

This CV is heavily research focused and is a helpful demonstration of a solid CV for purposes of seeking a tenure-track faculty position in a research institution.

This University of Pennsylvania resources provided here are phenomenal. I particularly liked, under CVs > CV Guide for Graduate Students, the "Anatomy of a CV and CV Samples" section, which also includes samples of teaching philosophies and research statements and other good tips. Here is a similar resource from Rollins College that also has acceptance, withdrawal and informational interview letter samples: http://www.rollins.edu/careerservices/resumesandcoverletters/samples.html.

This might seem a little basic, but sometimes it can be difficult to translate experiences that are rote or normal onto a CV/resume using clear and interesting language. Everything I have read suggests that action-oriented language is more powerful, and this article groups a bunch of action verbs by skills sets. Very handy.

This article in Inside Higher Ed says most of what we have read elsewhere, but it had a good tip I had not seen: hand over your CV/resume to someone who does not know you well, and ask them what they learned about you. That seems like a good way to determine if the CV/resume is getting your most salient points across, or not.

This Stanford University resource provides sample CVs for several fields. I found the Administration and Policy Analysis example most helpful, although the field is slightly different from my own, because of the combination of corporate and academic experience in the CV.

CV from a Dean and Professor at Rose-Hulman, a private four-year engineering institute in Indiana. I was searching for a different Carnegie classification than my previous posts, but still within my discipline. This document is labeled as a CV, but I suspect this is an abridged version for the web.

Another military CV, but this time from someone closer to my experience and working at a service academy. This CV focuses on teaching.

CV for a US Army Colonel in a professional graduate program at Stanford. I was interested to learn how someone translated their military experience into a CV.

A CV from an Associate Professor in my department (Engineering Management) at ODU.

Stanford's CV guide provides writing tips and recommended sections. I found the sample CVs from different disciplines to be the most useful part.

I was curious to find a technically oriented CV guide. I thought MIT would be a good bet. Their site provides tips and samples. It also links to my previously posted site.

Contrasts CVs and resumes. Provides links and tips, primarily for resume writing. Focuses on science, but general enough for any discipline.

Tells you what to think about in terms of key terms to use in your CV so employers may find you.

Being the life and times (blog) of Ryan Straight, professional educator at the University of Arizona and terrible gamer on the couch in his living room.