[Grad-postdoc-assn] Slides on "Preparing CVs and cover letters"

[Valerie Sloan]

Good morning, and Happy President's Day,

I had a request for the slides and recording from the workshop on 'Writing
a Better CV and Cover Letter." Please see the *attached slides* from the
seminar a few weeks ago. The recording of the seminar is found here on
YouTube <https://youtu.be/JeSfD_-1RT4>.


Please *Register here*
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE>
for the workshop, and upload your CV here
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-upload> by 5 pm tomorrow.


A CV Feedback Workshop

Feb. 18th, 9:30 - 10:45 am MT

*Register here*
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE>
to get Zoom details sent to you.

Important: This workshop requires that you prepare an updated CV and upload
it here <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-upload> by 5 pm, Tuesday, Feb.
16th to participate. (Apologies for the late notice).



Workshop Format:

After a short introduction, participants will be moved into breakout groups
of four people. The groups will take turns reviewing one CV at a time,
spending about 15 minutes on each person’s CV. The facilitators will move
between breakout groups to provide support as needed.



1. Prepare an updated version of your CV to upload by 5 pm MT on Tuesday,
Feb. 16th.

Gear your CV to your target employer: (1) a research and teaching
university; (2) a research lab (e.g. NCAR, NOAA, etc.); (3) a teaching
college, (4) a postdoc, etc. For other types of employers, consider writing
a resume instead of a CV.  If enough people submit resumes, we can have a
breakout group on resumes.


*Tips from a senior scientist at NCAR: *


   - If you have a lot of conference presentations, cluster them, e.g. AMS:
   2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 without listing every title.
   - Published papers are more highly valued, and so do include all of
   them. Include submitted papers but not paper "in prep."
   - Consider including sections like "Technical Skills" (e.g. coding
   languages, etc.) and "Leadership Experiences" (committee work, society
   work, organizing a seminar series, outreach)
   - Make the formatting neat with big enough margins and line spacing, no
   colors, no boxes, and simple fonts.

CV resources

   1.

   One page CV example
   <https://icc.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2236/files/local_resources/resume-samples/cv-science.pdf>
   (UC Davis)
   2.

   The Professor Is In: Academic CVs
   <https://theprofessorisin.com/2016/08/19/dr-karens-rules-of-the-academic-cv/>
   3.

   Get started on your CV
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c6WlyngfPcoGXTD2y2XriVzGsMZP9usEPWMPNamIotg/edit?usp=sharing>
   4.

   Internship & Career Center on CVs
   <https://icc.ucdavis.edu/materials/resume/cv> including the verb list
   for CVs
   <https://icc.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2236/files/local_resources/handouts/verb-list.pdf>
   (UC Davis)



2. Upload a PDF of your CV here
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-questions-upload> by the end of the day
on Tues. Feb. 16th.

Expect to receive an email with an introduction to your fellow group
members and containing each others’ CVs for you to review before Thursday's
workshop at 9:30 am MT.



3. Remember to register here for the workshop
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE>
itself.


Take care of yourself,

Val

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Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.
NCAR Education & Outreach
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Office: 303-497-2752
Email: vsloan at ucar.edu
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