<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning, and Happy President's Day, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I had a request for the slides and recording from the workshop on 'Writing a Better CV and Cover Letter." Please see the <b>attached slides</b> from the seminar a few weeks ago. The recording of the seminar is found <a href="https://youtu.be/JeSfD_-1RT4">here on YouTube</a>.</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Please <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Register here</b></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the workshop, and </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-upload">upload<span class="gmail_default"> your CV</span> here</a> by 5 pm tomorrow.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A CV Feedback Workshop</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feb. 18th, 9:30 - 10:45 am MT</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Register here</b></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to get Zoom details sent to you.</span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(153,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,242,204);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Important: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This workshop requires that you prepare an updated CV<span class="gmail_default"> and</span> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-upload" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">upload<span class="gmail_default"> it</span> here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by 5 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 16th to participate<span class="gmail_default">.</span><span class="gmail_default"> (Apologies for the late notice). </span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Workshop Format:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1. Prepare an updated version of your CV to <span class="gmail_default">upload</span> by <span class="gmail_default">5 pm MT</span> on Tuesday, Feb. 16th.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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, <span class="gmail_default"></span>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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#000000">Tips from a senior scientist at NCAR: </font></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">If you have a lot of conference presentations, cluster them, e.g. AMS: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 without listing every title.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Published papers are more highly valued, and so do include all of them. Include submitted papers but not paper "in prep."</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Consider including sections like "Technical Skills" (e.g. coding languages, etc.) and "Leadership Experiences" (committee work, society work, <span class="gmail_default">organizing a seminar series, outreach</span>)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Make the formatting neat with big enough margins<span class="gmail_default"> and line spacing</span>, no colors, no boxes, and simple fonts.</span></li></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CV<span class="gmail_default"> resources</span></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://icc.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2236/files/local_resources/resume-samples/cv-science.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">One page CV example</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (UC Davis)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://theprofessorisin.com/2016/08/19/dr-karens-rules-of-the-academic-cv/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The Professor Is In: Academic CVs</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c6WlyngfPcoGXTD2y2XriVzGsMZP9usEPWMPNamIotg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Get started on your CV</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://icc.ucdavis.edu/materials/resume/cv" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Internship & Career Center on CVs</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> including </span><a href="https://icc.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2236/files/local_resources/handouts/verb-list.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">the verb list for CVs</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (UC Davis)</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Upload a PDF of your CV</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CV-questions-upload" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by the end of the day on Tues. Feb. 16th.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. Remember to</span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6gqTMvHdCqvcIG2sa5M_DsTGMvK0DE" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">register here for the workshop</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> itself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Take care of yourself, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Val</div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</font></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">NCAR Education & Outreach</span><br></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">National Center for Atmospheric Research</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">P.O. Box 3000</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Office: 303-497-2752</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>