A curriculum vitae, or CV, provides a look into your academic career through a comprehensive list of your achievements during college. According to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, the CV, unlike the resume, aims to present your history as a scholar and not necessarily a career professional. Teachers as well as students would do well in creating a CV as it lists not only work history, but published writings, research experience and honors received as a scholar.
The Basics
Much like a regular resume, you should list your name on each page, as well as the page numbers on all pages except for the first page. On the first page, you should have your name, email address, home address, phone number and fax number (if applicable). Begin writing your CV by listing your educational background, starting with the most recent achievements first.
Scholarly Section
Writing a CV can often lead to confusion as you may not know what to include or exclude in your history as a scholar. Include any degrees obtained during the course of your life, as well as any theses, dissertations or senior projects developed during college. According to Dartmouth College, the standard practice for writing a CV is to include your thesis or dissertation advisor's name along with a brief summary of your project.
After providing your educational background, Dartmouth College advises that you list any achievements that stand out in your scholarly history. For instance, you should list any honors, grants or fellowships obtained during your time in college. You will also want to provide any teaching experience you've had, as well as any research you've done. Briefly describe such undertakings by naming the institutions where you taught, what you taught and the length of time you taught. With research experiences, list your advisors, techniques employed during the research, where the research was performed and what you were researching.
To fully represent yourself as a scholar, list any publications and presentations you have done as a scholar. List the publications as you would a Bibliography, and provide the dates, locations and titles of the presentations you made. Also provide any pertinent papers you have written during your years as a student or educator. For instance, if you have written a paper on English Literature in the 1800s, and are seeking a job as an assistant to a professor teaching the same subject, you should include it in the CV. Also, list scholarly references at the end of your CV.
Writing Style
In your descriptions of the various things you include in your CV, write in very simple language, or as Purdue suggests, gap your language. This means taking out the subject, which is "I" and simply stating what you did. For instance, instead of writing: "I taught English Literature and consulted with students every day on various projects," write: "Taught English Literature. Consulted students on projects every day." This will keep your CV concise and easy to read.
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