How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae (How to?series) [Paperback]

Acy Jackson (Author), Kathleen Geckeis (Author)

Book Description

Series: How to?series | Publication Date: March 19, 2003

The curriculum vitae, a resume of educational and work background, is essential for undergraduates applying to graduate and professional schools. Now revised and updated, How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae helps readers to analyze their academic career and create the best "academic resume" possible.

Features:

• A new chapter on crafting international CVs
• Sample CVs, including scannable and international
• Extensive appendix material with a comprehensive list of action verbs and a bibliography of style books and manuals

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From the Back Cover

You've received your bachelor's degree and after careful consideration have decided to continue your education at graduate or professional school. When you get your application, however, you are stymied by the requirement to send a curriculum vitae. You've heard of it, but you thought only hopeful college professors had to have one. And you certainly have no idea how to go about writing one for yourself. You are not alone. Many applicants are surprised to find that what used to be required of academic job seekers is now essential for undergraduates applying to graduate and professional schools as well as those seeking employment in research, teaching, or management.

How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae provides an in-depth explanation of the components of the curriculum vitae as well as step-by-step instructions for condensing your career history into a concise biographical sketch that underscores your assets. You'll learn to assess your educational and noneducational skills, inventory your accomplishments, and present the information in a format that follows the latest document guidelines. In addition, this newly revised edition includes:

• Tips on producing a scannable CV
• A new chapter on international CVs
• Sample CVs for a wide range of academic majors and professions
• Sample correspondence that gives you content and format guidance

With its targeted advice and easy-to-follow plan, How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae offers everything you need to know to create a CV that will produce results and advance your academic or professional career.

About the Author

Acy Jackson is the president of Acy L. Jackson & Associates, providing career, interpersonal, and intercultural consultation services for private-sector employers and educational institutions.

Kathleen Geckeis is the manager of the Writing Center at Owens Community College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (March 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071390448
• ISBN-13: 978-0071390446
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth buying, May 25, 2011

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Joyce B. (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae (How to?series) (Paperback)

The authors seem clueless about the topic of the book. They don't have career counseling degrees nor are they academics, and it shows. They don't know what content is important for a cv, or how to format one. Some cv examples listed (cum laude) after the PhD!!! This is an honor for undergraduate degrees!! This is just one example of the authors' ignorance about the subject.

Not only do the samples lack substance, they are poorly organized. The samples do not contain the information that should be in an academic resume.

As other reviewers have said, don't waste your money.It is true that there are many examples on the internet, it is also true that many of these are just as lousy as those in this book. It's hard to find a good book on the topic.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A total waste of time, paper and money, January 6, 2011

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Sidd Artha "Raider" (Beziers, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae (How to?series) (Paperback)

The book is written probably by someone with not so much experience in the field. The accurate data can also be found on the Internet with a simple search in your favourite search engine, and if you can read that surely you can also give that search a try. And the rest is just fluf. If you do happen to have it in your local library do try to read the electronic CV advices. They are hilarious, but not that good as to pay for the whole thing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful tool, September 25, 2009

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D. Davis (St Petersburg, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae (How to?series) (Paperback)

This book was a very useful tool for preparing my CV. It helped guide me through the process of reviewing my experience and skills so that I was able to create a CV that really describes my character and I feel will make me stand out. Well worth the price of the book!