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Dr Darcey Gillie Careers Consultant for
Postgraduates
The Careers Service
University of Manchester
CV Basics for Postgraduates
everyth ing you need to know before h i tt ing the keyboard
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CVs in 60 minutes
What is a CV?
Why do they exist?
How do you create an effective CV? Who else can help?
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Curriculum Vitae
Latin = the course of one’s life
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Résumé
French = a condensed account, a summary
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Why do you use a CV?
To get yourself invited to interview.
Your name here
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Why do employers use CVs?
To see who’s worth inviting to interview.
That’s it.
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How do you create an effective CV?
EXCEPT:
There are no hard and fast rules except…
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There is NO one-size-fits-all CV. You will need a TAILORED CV for every position you apply for because every organisation is different and every role is different. Even for academic CVs.
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But you can start & nurture a ‘master document’ which means you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time. Or forget valuable things you’ve done and learned.
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Step 1. Get introspective
• Experiences • Skills • Qualities • Achievements
Get it all out of
there and onto
paper.
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Step 2. Do some interpretation
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Step 3. Do some more interpretation
What do these skills mean in the context of the job?
Let’s look at an example.
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Excellent communication skills
Schools Outreach Project
Officer
(Nottingham/Derby)
To co-ordinate and deliver our schools outreach programme, deliver workshops designed to connect children to nature in their school grounds.
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Translation Project Manager
with German
(Luxembourg)
Responsible for the day-to-day management of customer
orders according to customer requirements & euroscript
standards. Manage client relationships. Monitor workflow.
Outstanding communication skills
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Step 4. What’s your evidence
Reachout mentor, mentor of the year 2014. Mentored
hisgh school student. Manage programme of training
other mentees. Supervised pupils
What’s wrong with this?
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2014-present Mentor, ReachOut, Manchester • Named ‘Mentor of the Year 2014’ • Effective mentoring of high school students required
active listening, open mindedness, able to speak clearly and ask good questions
• Managing programme of training other mentees • Supervising groups of 8 pupils
Is this better?
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Step 4. What’s your evidence
Skill Situation Task Action Result
E.g., motivating others
Could be a situation from any part of your experience – academic, work, volunteering, interests.
What was the task you needed accomplish?
What actions did YOU* take? Be specific and personal Explain how what, how and why you took the course of action that you did
What was the outcome of your actions?
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Step 5. Writing your CV
What’s wrong with this?
Curriculum Vitae Jan Ulrich Max Vetter
114a Oxford Road Manchester M1 11M
077 777 777 [email protected]
Date of birth: 27 October 1963
This is a photograph
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Is this better?
Jan Vetter 114a Oxford Road
Manchester M1 11M mobile: 077 777 777
email: [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/janvetter
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A CV is a series of decisions:
Type of CV
• Chronological?
• Skills-based? (+technical?)
Headings?
Content?
Length?
Layout and Design?
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Experience in reverse chronological order
Headings – words relevant to the role (public engagement with horticultural charity)
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Headings – tailored to role
Skills – and evidence- also tailored to role
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A CV is a series of decisions
The ultimate aim? To make it easy for the employer to see you are the right person for the job (at least on paper). You have a lot of freedom to market yourself.
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Choosing your content
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Employers tell you what they are looking for. Match your skills, experience and EVIDENCE to the job description and person specification.
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Reachout mentor, mentor of the year 2014. Mentored
hisgh school student. Manage programme of training
other mentees. Supervised pupils
Remember?
2014-present Mentor, ReachOut, Manchester • Named ‘Mentor of the Year 2014’ • Effective mentoring of high school students required
active listening, open mindedness, able to speak clearly and ask good questions
• Managing programme of training other mentees • Supervising groups of 8 pupils
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So what? test
2016 MA Archaeology, University of Manchester
So what?
Blogging my PhD, Instagram account recording fieldwork and research experience
So what?
Volunteering in a charity shop
So what?
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Hint
Your most relevant skills and experience get the most space on your CV.
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Education
2011-2015 PhD History, University of Manchester The Digital Reconstruction of Lost English Gardens 2010-2011 MA Garden and Landscape History, UCL, Distinction Reconstruction of Historic Landscapes: the case of Renshaw Hall gardens 2006-2009 BA History, University of Manchester, First class Performing in the Park: the role of public green spaces in Georgian social lives
Talking about your Masters &/or PhD
Is this ok?
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Education
2011-2015 PhD History, University of Manchester The Digital Reconstruction of Lost English Gardens Referring to archival documents and a few traces on the ground, we used an advanced video-game engine to reconstruct the landscape, architecture and planting as it was around 1840, for an interactive installation in the Beckford Tower Museum. Bespoke software was developed to handle the wide views and rich planting. The resulting virtual environment succeeds in relating the lost landscape to the intentions and taste of its creator, and to surviving fragments in the real world. It has enhanced the museum visitor’s experience in several ways. 2010-2011 MA Garden and Landscape History, UCL, Distinction Reconstruction of Historic Landscapes: the case of Renshaw Hall gardens 2006-2009 BA History, University of Manchester, First class Performing in the Park: the role of public green spaces in Georgian social lives
Or this?
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Talking about your Masters &/or PhD
• The ‘So what?’ test? (I have an MA. So what?)
• You must translate your academic experience Moving from PhD to completely different sector? Using a Masters to change career direction?
• You must adopt language and perspective of
target sector and employer
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Take risks
• Employers don’t expect to get everything on their wish list
• If you are not sure – ring the contact
• Can be useful to just get your CV under someone’s nose
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Research the job, organisation and sector
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Length
• UK – 2 pages
• Except – finance, consultancy, often 1 page – follow employer instructions – or ring them
• Academic – several pages
• US – 1 page
• Other countries…
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Layout and design
The most important part of your CV lies within this square. This is where you grab the employer’s attention. Plenty of white space makes information stand out. • So do bullet points
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Typography
• Different fonts and/or styles for headings and content can help make information stand out, increase attractiveness – no more than 2
• Bold face good, careful use of italics ok
• Underlining is right out – NO!
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Typography – fonts to avoid
• Times New Roman is a compact script
designed in the 1930s to fit lots of words into
newspapers. Not very readable or attractive, or
space efficient.
• Use Comic Sans if you want to make
sure NO ONE takes your CV seriously.
• And just avoid any quirky, flowery fonts – even if you are going for a graphic design job (especially…!)
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Typography – fonts to use
• Garamond is a good font for trying to fit lots of
information on a single page CV but still be
readable – highly legible and readable font.
• Bookman Old Style
• Book Antiqua
• Arial is easy to use, legible and readable.
• Trebuchet • Verdana
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CV
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Remember your CV must be easy to read.
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Ode to a spell checker
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“I’m fine with lying on my application.”
“Are you fine with what the employer
does when they find out?”
Student
Me
Real conversation
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A CV is a series of decisions
The decisions are mainly up to you – but there are people and resources to support you.
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