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Curriculum Vitae and Officer’s Statement: Tips and Telling Your Story

Curriculum Vitae and Officer’s Statement: Tips and Telling Your Story. CAPT Jason Woo CDR Dan Brum. Agenda. Curriculum Vitae Who looks at your CV? Helpful resources Recommendations Officer’s Statement. Who looks at your CV?. Promotion board members ROS, OS, PIR, COERs, CV

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Curriculum Vitae and Officer’s Statement: Tips and Telling Your Story

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  1. Curriculum Vitae and Officer’s Statement: Tips and Telling Your Story CAPT Jason Woo CDR Dan Brum

  2. Agenda • Curriculum Vitae • Who looks at your CV? • Helpful resources • Recommendations • Officer’s Statement

  3. Who looks at your CV? • Promotion board members • ROS, OS, PIR, COERs, CV • Hiring officials / interviewers • Others e.g., PACs, working groups

  4. Who else might you ask to look at your CV? • Family member or friend • Mentor • (Senior) officer volunteers • Professional resume and CV writing service

  5. Resources (1) • Sample CV Template on PharmPAC website is updated • E.g., Pharmacy http://www.usphs.gov/corpslinks/pharmacy/sc_career_guidance.aspx

  6. Resources (2) • Category promotion precepts • performance (40%) • progression (25%) • edu/training (20%) • officership (15%) • readiness (0%)

  7. Document your accomplishments The category promotion benchmarks guidance states repeatedly that accomplishments should be documented in your CV

  8. Recommendations (1) • Follow the CV template • Consider the promotion precepts • Update your CV (living document)

  9. Recommendations (2) • Proofread: Be meticulous • Remove outdated or irrelevant items • One page cover sheet

  10. Recommendations (3) • Make prominent important information • “First-line supervisor for 10 employees” • “Directly manage a $15 million budget” • “Meritorious Service Medal for…” • Emphasize career highlights but • Use bold, italics, underline sparingly • PHS Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) May 2013

  11. Recommendations (4) • Be truthful • If team effort, don’t take all the credit • Be consistent w.r.t. formatting • Cultivate ideas but don’t plagiarize • Fax CV to eOPF periodically • Fax #: (301)480-1407 or (301)480-1436

  12. Highlights • Use the template • Know the precepts & benchmarks • The cover page is critical • Highlight accomplishments and impact • Proofread • Less is sometimes more

  13. Less is more (Example 1a) • PHS Outstanding Service Medal (2010) Exemplary performance in the… • PHS Commendation Medal (2009) – Outstanding performance for the… • PHS Unit Commendation (2008) – Yet another long citation

  14. Less is more (Example 1b) • PHS Outstanding Service Medal (2010) • PHS Commendation Medal (2009) • PHS Unit Commendation (2008, 2007)

  15. USPHS Winds Ensemble, Percussionist (2005-10) 30 performances Less is more (Example 2) • USPHS Winds Ensemble • Played at Event A • Played at Event B • Played at Event C • Played at Event D • Played at Event E • Played at Event F • Played at Event G • Etc.

  16. PLANT Workgroup, Writer (2005-10) Authored seven (7) mini-biographical sketches Less is more (Example 3) • PLANT Workgroup, Writer (2005-10) • Profile A • Profile B • Profile C • Profile D • Profile E • Profile F • Profile G

  17. Less is more: conclusions • Summarize where possible • Emphasize key points (e.g., group leader, major contribution, measureable impact) • Don’t document the “accomplishment” until you have actually done it or qualify its status

  18. The CV “Cover Sheet” Mission: to concisely summarize your CV and demonstrate your value Vision: to provide Promotion Board Reviewers the story that articulates why you should be promoted 19

  19. Do’s and Don’ts 20

  20. Officer’s Statement

  21. Officer’s Statement 1. Support of PHS Commissioned Corps activities. 2. Commitment to visibility as an officer. 3. Vision & expectations of a career in the PHS Commissioned Corps, including commitment to the mission.

  22. Officer’s Statement • Focus is on Commissioned Corps-related activities, responsibilities, visibility. • Your CV can guide you • Emphasize key points (e.g., group leader, major contribution, measureable impact) – see previous recommendations regarding CV

  23. Officer’s Statement 1. Support of PHS Commissioned Corps activities. • Examples: Professional advisory committees, work groups, PHS choir/ensemble, preceptor/mentor, deployments/trainings, planning committees

  24. Officer’s Statement 2. Commitment to visibility as an officer. • Wearing the uniform to work and various opportunities to be in the public like conferences, deployments, volunteer services when authorized

  25. Officer’s Statement 3. Vision & expectations of a career in the PHS Commissioned Corps, including commitment to the mission. • Thoughts: Describe vision and expectations, and then support views with past actions or future plans

  26. Contact Information CAPT Jason Woo Food and Drug Administration W: 240-276-8819 Jason.woo@fda.hhs.gov CDR Dan Brum Food and Drug Administration W: 301-796-0578 dan.brum@fda.hhs.gov

  27. Open Discussion

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