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OCN 750 Class #9: March 6 Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2)

OCN 750 Class #9: March 6 Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2). Housekeeping & Announcements CV Content Questions & Aesthetics Intro Revise your CV On your own Break In groups if desired Upcoming Classes & Assignments. Housekeeping & Announcements. Reflection 2 Returned via email or hard copy

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OCN 750 Class #9: March 6 Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2)

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  1. OCN 750 Class #9: March 6Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2) • Housekeeping & Announcements • CV Content Questions & Aesthetics Intro • Revise your CV • On your own • Break • In groups if desired • Upcoming Classes & Assignments

  2. Housekeeping & Announcements • Reflection 2 • Returned via email or hard copy • Compilation of questions for career speakers in Day 6 folder • Due today: • Project Progress Report • Project Proposal revision (if appropriate) • Science Communication (Nancy Baron) & Diversity (Tyrone Hayes) • Reports & questions from class? Barb?

  3. Critical Elements of the CV } • Content • Wordsmithing • Format • Aesthetics • Proofreading Last week } Today Today’s material: Recycled with permission from: Dr. Catherine Fulford, UH http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/handouts/Fulford/CV_workshop.html

  4. Questions on CV content • Questions from the class?

  5. Experience Categories • Research/Professional Experience • don’t need to list all jobs (research the employer!) • Teaching Experience • Teaching Assistant positions • Guest lectures • Synergistic Activities • Mentoring • Outreach • Science Communication • Broadening Participation • Research Cruises/Fieldwork • Professional Development • Workshops/trainings Potentially some overlap – choose titles based on your experience and job ad/ employer

  6. Other Categories • Service • Honors & Awards • Grants • Languages • Publications (can divide into categories) • Presentations (optional) • References • who have agreed to write you letters – cultivate now • Higher-level references can help } Combine?

  7. Questions on CV content • Questions from the class? • How incorporate flower diagram skills & interests? (esp. those that are not technical science skills) • CV should highlight 2-3 key pieces of your “academic persona” – how do this?

  8. Visual cues strongly influence perceptions of trust & believability. Words 7% Visual 55% Vocal 38% Albert Mehrabian Silent messages (1971)

  9. 4. Aesthetics

  10. General tips: text amount & format • Leave 20% white space. • Write in shorter paragraphs. • 7  10 words per line (!) • Avoid heavy lines. • Avoid least read – bottom left. • Use most read – bottom right.

  11. Two alternatives to traditional text layout 2) Use 2 columns 1) Use 2/3-1/3 format with header column * Achieve with table formatting - avoid using tabs *

  12. How mightyour content fit these formats? 2) Use 2 columns 1) Use 2/3-1/3 format with header column

  13. Choose your fonts with care • Text: use serif fonts (good for print media): • Palatino • Times • Courier • Headers: sans-serif OK • Geneva • Arial • Helvetica Or: use SMALL CAPS

  14. Readability guidelines • DO use 12-point font • DO use ragged right justification • DON’T use sentence constructions that cause reading twice, like / and ( ) • DON’T leave out articles like “the” or “a” • DON’T use lots & lots of bullets

  15. Use parallel structure • Conceptually parallel – use the same classification • Functions vs. tasks vs. sub-tasks • I, II, III vs. A, B, C vsi, ii, iii • Grammatically parallel – use the same verb form • use, list, describe • using, listing, describing • uses, lists, describes Other types of parallel structure or grammatical consistency?

  16. Acronyms & Abbreviations • Avoid overusing acronyms • Use acronyms correctly • Spell out the first time with acronym in parentheses • Don't use Latin abbreviations in text, but OK in citations • etc., i.e., e.g., vs., et al. TV TIES TPRC COE CRDG LVM DPC DOE HOTE CET

  17. 5. Proofread & proofread • Proofread multiple times, checking 1 element each time for consistency & accuracy: • Font size • Verb forms (parallel structure) • Punctuation • Capitalization • Ask 2 friends to proofread your CV

  18. Another example CV Johanna Wren’s CV: “before” & “after” Rob Toonen’s PD class (on course website) Note on references: see impact factor & # citations For more info on impact factors & citation indices, see document from Rob Toonen (course website)

  19. Remember: good design is invisible • Enhance your professional image • Increase your self-confidence • Increase employer’s level of trust in you • Enhance employer’s perceptions of your knowledge

  20. CV Revisions in class • Part 1 (now – 1:50 pm) • Revise your CV individually (content or aesthetics or both) • Break (1:50 – 2:00 pm) • Part 2 (2:00 – 2:40 pm) • Individual CV work • Group CV work: focusing on content • Group CV work: focusing on aesthetics

  21. CV revisions in class Questions or comments?

  22. Upcoming classes & assignments, etc. • Due 3/13: • CV • Business Card • See Day 2 materials for template • Vistaprint, FedEx Office, C-MORE Ed Office, others? • 3/13: Career Speakers • Will ask panelists to address work-life balance issues • Now: handing back work-life balance reflections

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