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The differences between CVs and resumés

Career adviser Carolyn Steele explains the role that CVs and resumés play in both academic and non-academic job searches.

Career Corner 2009

Presenter: Carolyn Steele, career adviser at York University and Career Sense blogger. You can also read her Careers article CV or resumé.

Introduction (9:07)

0:00 - 1:45   Understanding Cvs and resumés
1:45 - 2:35   Constructing CVs and resumés
2:35 - 4:38   Nom-academic vocabulary
4:38 - 6:08   The differences between a CV and resumés
6:08 - 7:05   CVs = negative space
7:05 - 9:07   Resumés = positive space

Anantomy of a CV (8:00)

0:00 - 0:52   The purpose of a CV
0:52 - 1:32   Resumé functions
1:32 - 3:10   Functions of CVs and resumés
3:10 - 5:08   What is a CV?
5:08 - 5:48   Getting input
5:48 - 8:00   Elements of a CV
 

What to put on a CV (9:51)

0:00 - 2:23   What comes first - Education
2:23 - 3:28   What to make explicit
3:28 - 5:01   Awards and scholarships
5:01 - 7:08   Relevancy on a CV
7:08 - 9:51   Teaching dossier
 

Teaching dossier and more (9:46)

0:00 - 3:25   Teaching dossier (cont'd)
3:25 - 5:39   The research section
5:39 - 7:33   Publications
7:33 - 9:46   The listing genre

Extras on your CV (9:47)

0:00 - 2:19   Salad dressing CVs
2:19 - 7:20   The service section
7:20 - 9:47   Relevancy of your experience

Intro to resumés (8:12)

0:00 - 2:58   Wrapping up CVs
2:58 - 3:40   Intro to resumés
3:40 - 6:01   Resumé questions
6:01 - 8:11   Resumé = argument

Components of a resumé (9:52)

0:00 - 3:50   Resumé intro or summary
3:50 - 4:30   Sending resumés
4:30 - 9:52   Your experience & verbs to use

Moving forward (8:24)

0:00 - 1:35   Translating between contexts
1:35 - 3:36   Your dissertation
3:36 - 8:24   Resources for moving forward