29/10/2023
# *Want your CV to stand out and get selected 99% of the time? 📄✨*
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Here are powerful resources to help you create an outstanding CV for jobs and scholarships
**1. **Overleaf.com (My Fav)
* Collaborative LaTeX editor for creating professional CVs
* Ideal for academic, research, or technical roles
* Provides access to advanced formatting options
**2. **Canva.com
* Offers a wide range of customizable CV templates
* Allows you to add your own creative touch
* User-friendly drag-and-drop interface
**3.** LinkedIn's Resume Builder
* Utilizes your LinkedIn profile information to generate a professional CV
* Allows customization and download options
* Syncs with your LinkedIn updates for easy CV maintenance
**4. **Novoresume.com
* Provides a collection of modern CV templates
* Offers a built-in CV review feature
* Enables the creation of cover letters and CV tracking
**5. **Jobscan.co
* Analyzes your CV against job descriptions to optimize keyword usage
* Offers insights on improving CV content and formatting
* Helps you tailor your CV for specific job applications
**6.** Resume.io
* Offers a user-friendly interface for creating professional CVs
* Provides a variety of templates and customization options
* Includes helpful writing tips and suggestions
**7. **Kickresume.com
* Creates visually appealing CVs with modern designs
* Offers pre-written content suggestions and examples
* Provides cover letter and online portfolio features
**8.** Zety.com
* Get your CV reviewed and scored
* Access high-quality templates
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**9.** Resumonk.com
* Create a CV from your LinkedIn profile
* Choose from 20 professional templates
* Generate a cover letter based on your CV
**10.** VisualCV.com
* Create a customized CV from scratch or existing templates
* Get an online link to showcase your CV
* Track the performance of your CV
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***Q 1- In order to apply for some scholarships of BS, MS and PhD, we need to prepare a CV. How to Prepare an Academic CV- oxford format-Compulsory--***
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# *How to make CV*
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# # A CURRICULUM VITAE (OR RÉSUMÉ IN THE US) IS A CONCISE SUMMARY OF YOUR SKILLS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND INTERESTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE YOUR ACADEMIC WORK.
Employers may initially spend a very short time scanning your CV (perhaps as little as 2 seconds), so it must be engaging, conveying the most relevant points about you in a clear, accessible way. The primary challenge is to make it easy for the reader to find exactly what they are looking for. You should focus on the reader's core requirements and adjust or adapt your CV to their (and therefore) for each specific application.
# # ACADEMIC CVS
The academic CV is very different from a CV used for non-academic job applications. It focuses purely on your academic achievements and experience, and there is no page limit – although you should always keep it concise and relevant.
# # KEY RESOURCE
Academic CV (PDF)
# # BEFORE YOU START
First, look at the skills and competencies that the hiring department / research group requires. You can identify these from the person specification, the job advert, or your own research. Is this a research or teaching only job? Or will you be doing research, teaching and administration (typical for lectureships)? Do they highlight any particular skill areas, such as organisation or team work?
Look at what you need to do to apply. CVs are usually accompanied by cover letters, but they might also ask you to submit an application form, research and/or teaching statement.
Once you are clear what the employer wants, start to tailor your CV to the post.
# # TYPICAL SECTIONS
The following sections are typical for the academic CV:
* **Personal Information**. Start the CV with your name, address, telephone number and email address.
* **Research Interests**. Write bullet points or a short paragraph summarising your research.
* **Education**. Include degrees, possibly titles of theses, and the names of supervisors.
* **Awards and Funding**. Include undergraduate/postgraduate prizes, travel grants, doctoral scholarships, early career fellowships, and grants you have led on or are named on.
* **Research Experience**. Include any post docs or fellowships and research assistant jobs. You might include more detail about your doctoral research in this section too.
* **Teaching Experience**. Note any lecturing, seminar, tutorial, supervising, demonstrating, mentoring experience, and potentially non-academic teaching. Give details about the role and responsibilities – even if it was informal – such as level of students, class sizes and topics you taught.
* **Admin Experience**. Highlight any conferences/seminars/reading groups you’ve organised, committees you have sat upon, and any other relevant administration experience.
* **Relevant Training**. Include academic teaching training, research methods training etc.
* **Relevant research/technical/laboratory skills**. You may find it useful to list these under one heading if you find yourself repeating throughout various sections.
* **Patents**. Give details of the title, inventors, patent number and date granted.
* **Professional memberships.** List these – e.g. the Royal Society of Chemistry or the British Association of American Studies. Include dates.
* **Publications**. Give full details as you would if citing them, and use a consistent style. You may wish to highlight (e.g. bold/underline) your name.
* **Conference presentations and posters**. Highlight whether paper or poster and cite similarly to your publications with full author list, title, date and location.
* **Referees**. Ideally these should all be academic referees. They should be people who know you well and who are known in your field.
# # TOP TIPS
* Make sure the CV is focused on academia. Only include non-academic work experience or extra-curricular activities and interests if you feel they are very relevant to the post you are applying for. You might include languages and IT skills if they are relevant.
* You might include your nationality in your personal details if you think it will be an advantage – e.g. so that they know you are a European citizen and have the right to work in the UK.
* If you have limited or no published work, consider including works in progress. Clearly label publications as ‘forthcoming’, ‘under review’ or ‘submitted’ if they are in process, but not yet in print or accepted. If you are unconcerned about giving your ideas away before they go to a publisher, you could have a separate heading for ‘Working Papers’ that you are preparing for publication but have not submitted yet. Include when and where you plan to submit them.
* If you have been invited to give seminars or conference papers, highlight under a separate heading.
* Translate jargon/acronyms that others might not understand, especially if applying abroad.
* Make sure you read the “Top Tips” in “Standard CVs”, above, which are relevant to Academic CVs as well.
# # CHECK YOUR CV
# # PERSONAL DETAILS
* Does your name stand out? (Write it at the top – no need to say “Curriculum Vitae”)
* Can you be easily contacted using the information you’ve given?
# # EDUCATION
* Are there particularly relevant courses/projects/extended essays you could mention?
* Are A-levels and GCSEs summarised on one or two lines each?
* Have you given an indication of the equivalence or grading system of any non-UK qualifications?
# # EXPERIENCE
* Are section headings tailored to the recipient? (e.g. Teaching Experience, Voluntary Work, etc.)
* Have you included greater detail on more relevant experience?
* Have you tailored your achievements and skills to the job?
* Are your sentences punchy and concise?
* Have you followed the advice in our page on demonstrating you fit the job criteria?
* Are the dates on the right hand side, so the first thing people read (down the left hand side) is the organisation name, and your job
# # OTHER SKILLS
* Is it clear what level of attainment you have in languages, IT, etc.?
# # INTERESTS
* Are you able to use this section as another opportunity to demonstrate required competencies?
* Have you indicated your level of commitment?
# # REFEREES (ACADEMIC CVS ONLY)
* Is this section headed “referees” and not “references”?
* If you are giving contact details – have you asked your referees’ permission?
* Does the section take up too much space? If so, put their details on a single line – for example:
# # TOP TIPS
# # BE CONCISE
* Keep it to one or two full pages (only academic CVs can be longer)
* Use bullet points to package information succinctly
* Avoid too much context, excessive detail or unfocused material that will dilute the impact of your most relevant messages
# # REMEMBER THE PURPOSE
Your CV is to get you the **interview** or **meeting**, NOT the job itself – highlight three key elements:
* What you were **responsible** for
* What you **achieved**
* And how you would be a great **team** **member**
so that the reader wants to learn more by meeting you
# # TARGET YOUR CV
* Target your CV to each position applied for – it should not be a list of everything that you have done
# # BE EVIDENCE BASED
* Provide clear evidence of your contribution and impact
* Focus on **responsibilities**, to showcase your skills …
* … and **achievements** by using numbers, percentages, and values to quantify your impact and give a sense of scale to your actions
# # BE CLEAR
* A well laid out CV is **inviting** to read and easy to scan quickly; clear font of 10pt or 11pt; some blank spaces; not too narrow a margin
* We’d recommend putting the dates on the right hand side, so the first thing people read is down the left hand side and is the organisation name and your role
* Use simple language – avoid jargon, generalisations, ‘management speak’, and acronyms
* Do not write in prose or paragraphs – space is limited
* CVs are (mostly) a record of what you have done, so completed tasks and activities are written in the past tense
# # HOW TO CREATE YOUR FOCUSED, RELEVANT CV
* List for yourself all of your experience, achievements, and key dates, including educational achievement, work experience, prizes, awards, involvement in societies, sports and clubs and your other interests and skills (for example, languages and special/unusual IT skills). Note down the key skills and attributes which led to these achievements.
* Identify the skills and competencies required for the role. You can do this by reading the job advertisement or job description and by looking at the organisation’s website, publicity material and recruitment literature. Check the relevant occupation section of our website and see our page on demonstrating you fit the job criteria for more advice.
* From your list, select your **most relevant** examples that demonstrate the skills and competencies required for the role. Remember, you will have gained valuable ***transferable*** skills in a broad range of activities that you may have undertaken.
* Select the format of CV – for most student applications, the traditional reverse chronological format is recommended. If you are unsure about which CV type is appropriate, please ask one of our Careers Advisers.
Three sections makes it easy and clear for the reader
1. EDUCATION: normally at the top (especially for recent graduates entering the jobs market for the first or second time). Include awards under each relevant education section, for example, grant awards for a DPhil, school prizes, undergraduate prizes or high rankings (‘2nd in year’)
1. EXPERIENCE (rather than “Employment”): this can include voluntary work, student society roles, internships, paid work etc
1. INTERESTS or COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND SKILLS should be included to indicate extra, diverse talents. Within this section, you might use sub-categories such as IT Skills (but only if they are specialist or unusual); Languages; Music; Sports etc
# # WHAT YOU DON’T NEED TO INCLUDE
Remember that the CV is to get you the **meeting** or **interview** only, so don’t feel you have to include every last detail – leave them wanting to learn more about you. Specific things to leave out include:
* The words ‘Curriculum Vitae’ or ‘CV’
* Date of birth and / or age
* Marital status, disability, children, partner, s*xual preferences, s*x, racial background, religion
* Home address
* Nationality – unless you want to show that you do have the Right to Work in the country in question
* Referees – this takes up space, they’ll assume you have them, there are probably other opportunities to record these details
* Basic IT skills: these days everyone can use the internet, word processing, spreadsheets etc to a competent level – but do include any super-advanced qualifications in MS Office and of course any specialist software like C++, SPSS etc
* Areas of potential, personal contention, e.g. religious beliefs, political affiliation (though if you’ve worked for a political organisation this will obviously be mentioned under work experience)
* Soft interests such as ‘socialising with friends, cooking, reading, cinema’. If you do have deep and specialist interest in one of these, then give more details: ‘French films of 1940-1960’
# # USING BULLET POINTS
Aim to create powerful bullet points, with each bullet focused on a single idea. Consider applying the ‘CAR’ mnemonic
* **Context**: the organisation name, your job title and dates is often sufficient.
* **Action Words** that demonstrate you took **responsibility** are useful for starting the bullet point, to highlight skills used – e.g. analysed, created, recommended, managed or led. See our list of action words on our Demonstrate You Fit the Job Criteria page for more.
* **Results** can often be linked within an individual bullet point.
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https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/cvs #
https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/files/academic-cv-example-careers-2020pdf
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