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Designing Your CV: Meeting Expectations and Making the First Impression

Designing Your CV: Meeting Expectations and Making the First Impression. Baotong Gu Georgia State University bgu@gsu.edu This file available at http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~bgu/resources/CVdesign(F09).ppt. Professional Profile . Establishing a professional identity

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Designing Your CV: Meeting Expectations and Making the First Impression

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  1. Designing Your CV: Meeting Expectations and Making the First Impression Baotong Gu Georgia State University bgu@gsu.edu This file available at http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~bgu/resources/CVdesign(F09).ppt

  2. Professional Profile Establishing a professional identity What do you want to market yourself as? A historian? A compositionist? A technical communicator? A new media specialist? A computers and writing specialist? A science/medical/environmental writing expert?

  3. Content Design • Education • Publications • Conference Presentations • Academic Positions/Teaching Experience • Service • Honors & Awards • Computer Skills • Professional Memberships • Significant Courses • References

  4. Do provide detailed info. on The usual elements School Degree Area Graduation Date Other, equally important elements Dissertation title Dissertation abstract Committee members Don’t give vague info PhD in English (with no description of concentrations) No dissertation title or description Vague graduation date: 2010 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Ph. D. in Rhetoric & Composition, Expected August 2000 Secondary Area: Technical and Professional Writing Dissertation Title: From the Turtle Shell to the Computer: A Rhetorical Perspective on the Impact of Culture on Writing Technology (Committee: Patricia Sullivan, Chair; Johndan Johnson- Eilola; Janice Lauer; Tony Silva) Dissertation Abstract xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa M. A. in Business and Technical Communication , 1994 Thesis Title: Human-Computer Interface Design: A Human Activity Approach to Software Localization (Director: David Russell) Suzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, PR China B. A. in English Language and Literature, 1983 Your Education

  5. Publications & Conference Presentations • List all you have: • Books, collections, articles, proceedings, local publications, etc. • Separate publications from conference presentations. • If you have quite a few publications and/or presentations, consider dividing them up into different categories: • Books/Monographs • Edited collections • Refereed journal articles • Book chapters • Teaching publications • Works accepted • Works under review • Works submitted • Works in progress • Don’t bury your refereed journal articles in your teaching publications. Put the real, prestigious publications together. Don’t worry about the chronological order. • For publications in online journals, specify the number of manuscript pages. • For works accepted, works under review, works submitted, specify the number of pages. • For works in progress, specify what journal you’re planning to submit to. • If you’re applying to a research institution, think about a book project.

  6. Do provide Course titles Course numbers (to show the level of course) Computerized sections?(more of a required credential nowadays) Number of sections (to show the amount of experience) Don’t put academic positions and the courses you’ve taught in separate sections far apart from each other Purdue University (Department of English), West Lafayette, Indiana Graduate Instructor 08/94-06/99 420 Business Writing (8 sections, 6 in computer labs) 421 Technical Writing (4 sections, all in computer labs) 101 Freshmen Composition I (1 section) 102 Freshmen Composition II (2 sections) Writing Lab Tutor 08/97-12/97 Worked with students one on one on various writing issues Helped create various handouts on grammar and mechanical issues Contributed to the writing lab database Answered questions on grammar hotline Iowa State University (Department of English), Ames, Iowa Writing Center Tutor 08/92-12/93 Research Assistant (for Dr. David Russell) 01/92-08/93 Academic Positions/Teaching Experience

  7. Field-relevant program administrative positions: freshman composition, wpa, wac, writing center… Positions in national and local professional organizations: NCTE, MLA, SAMLA, CCCC, ATTW, STC… Journal editorial board members and/or referee readers Committee work Conference session chairs Positions in student organizations, e.g., GEA Local conference organizing functions Director of the Sophomore College English Program Suzhou University, Dept.of English, Suzhou, PR China, 87-91 Supervised a faculty of about 15 teachers Oversaw a program in charge of the English classes for over 1000 students Was responsible for the curriculum and course design Designed the teaching schedules for all faculty members Conducted weekly meetings on teaching related issues Observed classes and wrote teaching evaluations for all teachers Conference Researcher Conference on Written Discourse in Philanthropic Fundraising: Issues of Language and Rhetoric. Indianapolis, Indiana, October 1997 Referee ReaderJournal of Second Language Writing, December 1996 Contributing Bibliographer1996 CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric Contributing Bibliographer1997 CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric Service

  8. Classify them: web design database management content/course management networking programming Rather critical to tech comm positions Make your identity and skills match Software Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MacDraw Pro, Access, Freehand, Netscape Communicator, Photoshop, Deskscan, BHE. Platforms Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 95, UNIX Networking & Web Development Email, LISTSERV, Server Management, HTML Coding, Java & Javascript Web Design Computer Skills

  9. List major graduate courses Why? Few search committee members would actually read your transcript What courses you’ve taken is a good indicator of what you may be able to teach Group them under different categories List professor’s name because many of them may be well known in the field Professional and Technical Writing Professional Writing Theory (Dr. Rachel Spilka) Computers and Writing (Dr. Johndan Johnson-Eilola) Writing Proposals and Grant Applications (Dr. Richard Freeman) Theory and Research in Professional and Technical Communication (Dr. Patricia Sullivan) Writing Manuals and Instructional Materials (Dr. Carol David) Editing Principles and Practices (Dr. Don Payne) Rhetoric and Composition Composition Theory (Dr. Janice Lauer) History of Rhetoric: Classical Period to the Renaissance (Dr. Janice Lauer) History of Rhetoric: Modern Period (Dr. Patricia Harkin) Postmodernism and Composition Issues (Dr. James E. Porter) Empirical Research Methodologies (Dr. Patricia Sullivan) Qualitative Research (Dr. Patricia Sullivan) The History of Rhetorical Theory I: From Plato to Bacon (Dr. Virginia Allen) Course Work

  10. Misc.: Honors, Awards, Grants, Memberships • Publication awards • Teaching awards • Grants (e.g., Advanced Teaching Fellowship) • Professional memberships: show how active you’re in professional life • Common expectations: NCTE, MLA, CCCC, ATTW, WPA, CTPSC, IEEE

  11. References • Name • Title and professional affiliation • Specialty • Address (optional) • Phone • Email Dr. John Doe Professor, Rhetoric and Composition President, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 404-413-5800 John.doe@gsu.edu

  12. Format Design • A very tricky aspect • Good format design taken for granted (in RhetComp) • Poor format design not tolerated • Readers may not notice a good design, but they’ll definitely notice a bad design.

  13. Format Design Issues • Minimalist design • Hanging indent • Visual hierarchy • Design consistency • Use of white space • Page focus • Column alignment (an aspect most often ignored)

  14. Employment Placement 1996-97, 2000-01, 2003-04

  15. PhD Graduates vs. Tenure-Track Placements, 1973-2004 1992: 54% (best placement rate) 2004: 45%

  16. Initial Placement by Department Types, 2003-2004 Key figures: Tenure-track: 49.4% Non-tenure track: 20.5% Other: 30.1%

  17. Initial Placement by Specialization and Sex, 2003-2004 Rhetoric & Composition: 83.5% tenure-track: 72.2% non-tenure track: 11.3% Literature: 66.4% tenure-track: 44.6% non-tenure track: 21.8%

  18. Initial Placement by Specialization and Sex, 2003-2004 (Continued) Criticism, Theory, and Cultural Studies: 37.5% tenure-track: 29.2% non-tenure track: 8.3% Ethnic Literature: 74.1% tenure-track: 55.6% non-tenure track: 18.5%

  19. Initial Placement by Specialization and Sex, 2003-2004 (Continued) Creative Writing: 76.4% tenure-track: 43.1% non-tenure track: 33.3%

  20. Job Placement by Type of Institution, 2003-2004

  21. Rhetoric & Composition Jobs in JIL (2000-2009) Year # of ads % of total Total ads 2000-1: 499 / 30.8 / 1,622 2001-2: 492 / 32 / 1,538 2002-3: 417 / 29 / 1,436 2003-4: 400 / 29.4 / 1,362 2004-5: 484 / 32.3 / 1,497 2005-6: 438 / 29.6 / 1,482 2006-7: 458 / 29.1 / 1,573 2007-8: 529 / 32.1 / 1,647 2008-9: 374 / 31.1 / 1,202 2009-10: 174 /

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