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Preparing your professional resume or CV (curriculum vitae)

If you are planning on pursuing a career outside academia, you should start thinking about preparing a solid resume several months before you graduate. Career and Employment Services has developed a very useful guide for writing an effective resume:
Resume Writing

If you have goals for pursuing an academic career, you should prepare a curriculum vitae (CV) by the spring of the first year of enrollment and keep it up to date. Your CV should list all of your publications, conference presentations, and other evidence of professional activity. Seek advice from your advisor on designing your CV to reflect your professional accomplishments and long-term career objectives. Also ask for a copy of his or her current CV, to give you an idea of how the CV should be structured.