Preparing Future Faculty

Dissertation on work-life balance in academy; interesting read, but is long -- as fitting a diss.

Note: behind ODU's login to access resource via EBSCOhost A study of life-work practices by UK academics. Unsurprisingly, most are stressed even on weekends and other "official" off-hours.

Great detailed material of the basics of the CV and great writing tips on how to improve your value by writing a curriculum vitae. Some good samples of CV's also.

An extensive site with tips and further links to samples, templates, 

This is a handbook of a school containing samples resumes, cv and guidelines.

This is a great article about making work and life equal.

Four habits we can easily adopt. I have friends who use their sick days as "mental health days." We often look for reasons to stay at work when we should be caring for ourselves.

This is piece makes an important distinction: work-life vs work-family. My experiences have been such that single people must justify their needs for time off, an easy trap for both workers and supervisors.

Please see this eportfolio in the Women's Studies field

Please see this eportfolio in the Women's Studies field

This was interesting as each faculty member's contact information was listed but there was a limited electronic footprint available. This presents faculty portfolios more like a newsletter than a personal bio/resume page.

There is a real danger in seeking out a template. It is important to provide up-to-date information in current formatting. While templates are a good place to start, it is easy to "fill in the blanks" and overlook the need to personalize the information submitted to fit both the author and the position the author hopes to fill.

This is a blog post from the popular site, LinkedIn. This author discusses CV format from the perspective those seeking to hire staff.

I like the bullets, however, I feel like there leaves much to be desired. The first bullet point is not really a belief but an action. I do like the specific examples the professor uses, but I do not get a sense of who this person is. Nor does it sound like a professor I would like to have!

Teaching philosophy example; explains the concepts of teaching and learning before getting into the goals and implementation of philosophy 

teaching philosophy; philosophy organized around four questions that the author poses for self in the beginning.