Presented by:

Larry Iles

Senior Faculty

Career and Experiential Learning

Department

liles@tru.ca

ACADEMIC CV’s for TRU Tenure and

Promotion-June 2nd, 2020

PREPARING YOUR ACADEMIC CVOR

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESUME AND A CV?

WHAT TOOL IS BEST?

Resume

A resume is a brief summary of your skills and experience over one or two pages

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

CV is more detailed and can stretch well beyond two pages

Typically used in Academia and Research based careers

THE BASICS

The curriculum vitae (CV)• Comprehensive statement of your educational background, teaching, and research experience.

• Standard representation of credentials within academia.

THE BASICS

•The full CV is usually used when applying for academic positions, tenure and academic promotion.

•Tailor your CV to the specific positions to which you are applying and place more relevant sections earlier in the document.

• For a bi-partite tenure or promotion, the CV will strongly emphasize teaching and service.

• For a tri-partite tenure or promotion, the CV will accentuate research.

•Format can vary by field, so also seek disciplinary-specific advice from advisers, professors, and others within your field.

•No length restrictions for CVs. (10—20 page range)

FORMATTING OVERVIEW

•Must be well organized and easy to read.

•Use an effective format and be consistent.

•Use bolds, italics, underlines, and capitalization to draw attention.

•List all relevant items in reverse chronological order in each section.

•Strategically place the most important information near the top and/or left side of the page.

• In general, place the name of the position, title, award, or institution on the left side of the page and associated dates on the right.

•Use a footer with page numbers and your last name, in case pages get separated.

SECTIONS TO INCLUDE IN ORDERCurrent information (name etc.) including date (right justified)

•Education

•Academic Appointments

•Areas of Teaching

•Employment/Consultancy

•Professional Recognition

•Scholarship

•Research Funding

•Service

•Professional Memberships

EDUCATION

•Location

•Degree

•Dissertation/Thesis/Project

•Awards

•Activities

•Projects of note

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Title • Dates• Description• Responsibilities• Activities

AREAS OF TEACHING

•List of teaching areas

•List of key/main courses and instruction

(OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE-OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA) EMPLOYMENT/CONSULTANCY

•List of teaching areas

•List of key/main courses and instruction

•List of consultant work (if appropriate)

•List of additional employment if relevant to the overall Tenure and Promotion Package

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

•Academic/Professional Honours

•Academic/Professional Awards

SCHOLARSHIP

Give bibliographic citations for articles, pamphlets, chapters in books, research reports, or any other publications that you have authored or co-authored. Use the format appropriate to your particular academic discipline for a clean look.

APA or MLA

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• Description of research projects in progress. (In the style as related to your academic area.

For example:

Iles Larry, Employer Perceptions of Students from International Pathways. Anticipated submission to International Journal for Work Integrated Learning, July 2020.

ARTICLES

• Description of research projects. (in the style as related to your academic area.)

For example:

Iles Larry, Employer Perceptions of Students from International Pathways. International Journal for Work Integrated Learning, May (2017); available at https://digital.........

OTHER WRITINGS

• Related non peer reviewed/academic writing-blogs, journals etc.

PEER REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS (ORAL/POSTER)

• Provide titles of professional presentations,

• Name of conference or event,

• Dates and location, and, if appropriate in your discipline,

• Include a brief description of the presentation

• Use the format appropriate to your particular academic discipline (MLA/APA) for a consistent and clean look.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/PANEL PARTICIPATION

• Indicate if it was an invited presentation or panel

•Provide titles of professional presentations,

• Name of conference or event,

• Dates and location, and, if appropriate in your discipline,

• Include a brief description of the presentation

• Use the format appropriate to your particular academic discipline (MLA/APA) for a consistent and clean look.

RESEARCH FUNDING

• Include:

• name of grant

• name of granting agency

• date received

• title or purpose of research project

• number of students supervised (could also be included in teaching section)

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE• List institutional committees you have served on, including:

•positions held (note-this is part of the “increasing sphere of influence” moving from “member” to

“co-chair or chair of a committee)

• student groups you have supervised (outside of research grant/teaching section)

• special projects you have assisted with

•For Williams Lake faculty-add a subsection of service unique to Williams Lake campus.

Typically in this order with these titles:

• Department

• Faculty

• Pan Institutional

• Professional Associations

• Community

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Memberships in local, provincial, national and international professional organizations.

• List significant appointments to positions or committees in these associations. (increasing sphere of influence)

SHOULD I INCLUDE HARD OR SOFT SKILLS?(TYPICALLY FOR A RESUME FORMAT NOT AN ACADEMIC CV)

Soft skills are less tangible and harder to quantify, such as hard-working, getting along with others, listening and engaging in small talk.

Hard skills are specific,

teachable abilities that can

be defined and measured,

such as typing, writing, math,

reading and the ability to

use software programs.

REFERENCES

• Not required for the TRU Tenure and Promotion CV

*****For Tenure and Promotion-you will be asked to provide arms length references to your schools committee

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

Thank you

Q&A

Presented by:

Larry Iles

Senior Faculty

Career and Experiential Learning Department

liles@tru.ca