CV/Resume Strategies and TipsJulie Vick, Career Serviceswww.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservicesBiomedical Postdoctoral ProgramsCareer Worksop SeriesBasic Jo! Searc Skills CV and ResumeCV (Curriculum vitae)Also called a Vita" Purpose o# a CV is get $ou an interview" %etails all $our academic credentials and pro#essional accomplisments& 'sed #or seeking" (cademic )o!s" Researc )o!s in government la!oratories" *unding +grants or #ellowsips," -igligts $our tecnical skills and summari.es academic accomplisments and pro#essional istor$& 'sed #or seeking" Positions in industrial researc Resume" Purpose o# a resume is get $ou an interview" Summari.es $our e/periences and skills as te$ relate to a speci#ic non0!enc career or )o!s" %escriptions o# skills, e/perience and education sould !e targeted& 'sed #or seeking" 1on0researc positions in suc areas as !usiness, law, writing/editing, polic$ and regulation Sections o# te CVBasic sections" 1ame and Contact 2n#ormation" 3ducation" -onors" Researc 3/perience OR Two sections4 Current Researc ANDPrevious Researc 3/perience" Pu!lications" 2nvited TalksAdditional possible sections" Skills and Tecni5ues" 6rants" Teacing 3/perience" Researc 2nterests" 7em!ersips" (cademic Service CV Template (on Career Services web site)+part 8,NAMEContact in#ormation. 92nclude institutional mailing address, pone num!er, email, and 'R:, i# $ou ave one. Can also include ome address and pone num!er.Can include visa status.%o not include Social Securit$ num!er or personal in#ormation.;CRREN! RESEARC" E#$ER%ENCE$ostdoctoral &ellow' %epartment o# r, ?Committee@ and include committee mem!ersA names.; 9Start wit $our most recent education and work !ackward.>mit secondar$ scool.;92# $ou list postdoctoral appointment under ?3ducation,@ also list it under ?3/perience.@ and talk a!out it in more detail;E(CA!%)N3$.4(4 in Biolo20' 5665!emple niversit0' $.iladelp.ia' $A!.esis !itle3R.ombomere 7 is Responsible 1or Earl0 %nduction o1 t.e Avian %nner EarSponsor3 +4Edward &is.' $.4(4EducationPh.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology !""#$ni%ersity o& Cali&ornia at Berkeley C'B.'. in Molecular Biology #(()$ni%ersity o& Cali&ornia at San Diego C'*raduated cum laudeMinor in *eneral +iterature Parts o# te CV4->1>RS (1% (W(R%S")N)RS AN( A*AR(S(ward, %ate92nclude tis section i# $ou ave several onors.>terwise list wit corresponding educational e/perience. (wards #rom anoter countr$ are made meaning#ul wen a !rie# e/planation is given, e.g. ?(warded to te top 8B o# students graduating nationall$.@;,onors and 'wards58H 5RS" Postdoctoral :elloship! Septem,er $003)presentCold Spring Har,or 6ravel "ard! Cold Spring Har,or La,oratories! $00$6horne :elloship! University of 7! #**+ Parts o# te CV4T3(C-216 36he yeast connection to :riedreich ata2ia0The American Journal of Human Genetics'%- 3'&)31#0 Parts o# te CV4 SL2::SS-%,,S9Dou ma$ include lists o# important researc tecni5ues, su!dividing tem wit su!0eadings i# te list is long.Tis is more commonl$ done #or postdocs looking #or industr$ positions tan it is #or #acult$ positions.;Skills and .echni6uesMolecular and cellular DSo(therns Dnortherns DPCR DD5" li,raries =cD5" and genomic> Dsite)directed m(tagenesis DD5" seE(encing Depitope tagging Dprotein e2pression Dmicroscopy =light! fl(orescence! and imm(nofl(orescence> Ddata,ase miningProtein and Biochemical Dcell fractionation Den3yme assays Destern ,lots D4L8S" Dprotein chromatography =ion)e2change! gel)filtration! hydropho,icity! hydo2yapatite! and affinity> Dpreparative isoelectric foc(sing DSDS)P"?4 D$)D gel electrophoresis Dprotein phosphorylation assays Datomic a,sorption spectroscopy Parts o# te CV4 (%%2T2>1(: 21*>R7(T2>1 and R3*3R31C3SA((%!%)NA, %N&)RMA!%)N9Tis optional section can include miscellaneous in#ormation tat migt !e o# interest, suc as communit$ activities, knowledge o# #oreign languages, or interests.2t is more common to use tis section in industr$ tan in academia.2# $our undergraduate or graduate degree is #rom outside te 'nited States, wic ma$ make emplo$ers wonder a!out '.S. work permission, include an$ #avora!le visa status.2# $ou were out o# te )o! market #or a period $ou migt include tat ere.;'dditional -n&ormationUS Citi3en and British passport holderProvided f(ll)time care for terminally ill family mem,er! #***)$000R3**3R31C3S9Tese can also !e listed on a separate seet.;R4:4R45C4SProf0 9ane 9(mpingUniversity of PennsylvaniaDept0 of Pharmacology! mailing address6el- $#& '&%)3$#04)mail- ..(mping/pharm0mail0med0ed( Resume"( resume is a summar) o# tose aspects o# $our e/perience and education/training tat 5uali#$ $ou #or t*e partcular +o! #or wic $ou are appl$ing Sections o# te Resume"1ame and Contact 2n#ormation">!)ective/Summar$/Pro#ile"3ducation"3/perience"Skills Resume TemplateNAME and C)N!AC! %N&)RMA!%)N)B8EC!%VE9( well0worded, speci#ic o!)ective can strengten $our resume. 2t sould answer te5uestion, KWat does tis person want to doMK (void !land prases like KCallenging andresponsi!le position using m$ creativit$.?; AN(9)R$R)&%,E or SMMAR: )& ;A,%&%CA!%)NS 9Tis optional categor$ can #ollow or replace an o!)ective. ( well0written KNuali#icationsK section can#ocus te readerOs attention on $our strengts. :ike te o!)ective, it must !e speci#ic. Writing a goodone re5uires $ou to tink care#ull$ a!out e/actl$ wat $ou ave to o##er.;E(CA!%)N9Condense or e/pand $our academic !ackground as it is relevant to te )o! or #ield.; E#$ER%ENCE93mpasi.e material in proportion to its pro!a!le interest #or a particular audience o# emplo$ers.; 9Sometimes one general eading called K3/perienceK is all $ou need. Sometimes $ou will want to su!divide tis section.; S-%,,S9(n optional section tat migt include tecnical skills or oter kinds o# skills suc as administrative, communication, etc.;A((%!%)NA, %N&)RMA!%)N9Tis is te place to put interesting in#ormation tat does not #it elsewere.; Sections o# te Resume4 >BJ3CT2V3 and PR>*2:3 OR S'77(RD)B8EC!%VEPosition in management consulting.State0o#0te0art knowledge o# !iotecnolog$.3/perience working in teams o# international researcers.(!ilit$ to communicate comple/ concepts to varied audiences.S$MM'47DPracticed and effective riter! editor! and p(,lic speaAer0 ",le to present comple2 material in a clear! concise! and pers(asive manner! tailored for a range of a(diences0 DProven a,ilities to E(icAly ,ecome e2pert in ne s(,.ects and techniE(es! to identify most important concepts and information! and to tro(,leshoot pro,lems0 Creative! analytical! foc(sed! and detail)oriented0 DForA prod(ctively ,oth independently and in teams0 4ffectively manage time and m(ltiple pro.ects! set priorities! meet deadlines! and s(pervise others0 Sections o# te Resume4 3rdered e5uipment #or new la! and esta!lised guidelines #or its use." Researc resulted in )oint autorsip o# nine pu!lications in scienti#ic )ournals and #ive presentations at national and international meetings. Parts o# te Resume4 3*3SS2>1(: B(CL6R>'1%4Postdoctoral *ellow, -al Researcer, P.%., %evelopment o#te Central 1ervous S$stem in =e!ra#is.%epartment o# Cell and %evelopmental Biolog$, Scool o#7edicine, Septem!er CFFC to present." Conducted independent researc in .e!ra#is +I $ears,." Lept a dail$ )ournal +la!orator$ note!ook, #or data." (ttended lectures and conventions to enance m$ education." Traveled a!road to learn new tecni5ues tat could #urter current researc." Presented data at la! and departmental meetings, seminars and scienti#ic conventions. Parts o# te Resume4 SL2::SSmit personal in#ormation"'se action ver!s"Proo# read