Curriculum Vitae
Create a CV that introduces you to the other students. This should be creatively designed and generally in they style of an "academic CV." The CV should include your major, academic address, prior education, relevant courses completed at the University, employment and volunteer experience, publications or presentations that have been made including titles of papers written for courses, languages spoken and other skills, and other information felt to be important.
Your CV should NOT include personal photographs, date of birth, age, place of birth, social security numbers, and other information that should not be released to the public.
Many of the evaluation elements to the right involve measures of "too much" or "too little." You should search through the Internet for sites that discuss professional CV production. There are many of these. Don't rely on only one since they differ in what they recommend. Talk with other students about what you are producing.
Once your CV has been produced, most of its elements should be used as content in your web site in appropriate locations. The CV should also be posted as an attached pdf document at the bottom of one page. Once you have posted the attachment, send a message to the instructor indicating the page address.
Some recommendations
Certain information is provided in some cultures/countries but not in others. For example, in the U.S.A., a person's age (date of birth), gender (sometimes illustrated with a photo), and place of birth or nationality are not included on a CV because these could be used as the basis for discrimination against an applicant. Applications that are received with this sort of content with often have the content inked out or cut out from paper copies. To the contrary, this exact information is expect to be part of a CV in many parts of the world. As another example, in a variety of Asian countries it is inappropriate to indicate your current employer because this would lead to them being contacted and it becoming known that you are applying for work elsewhere. The appearance of being disloyal to a company or organization can be very damaging so a CV will appear to have a current employment history gap. This is contrary to the perspective in many other countries where it is expected that the most recent employment will be a key indicator of the applicant's status and employment rank. Understanding cultural differences in the expectation of CV content is important because the applicant needs to submit a CV that is appropriate for the reviewers (potential employers) and more so than for the applicant.
The best Curriculum Vitae have a direction of flow within the content. This will often begin with some kinds of statement of objectives or goals. These should be far-reaching yet realistic. They should not be such short-term goals that it becomes clear that the applicant has no long-term objectives. A common example of short-term thinking is a student who indicates that their goal is to obtain a degree, but appears to have no idea what they will do with the degree. A much better objective is to indicate some long-term plan that includes earning a degree as a tool to strive toward the objective. Statements of objectives should be brief and to the point. Long essays are inappropriate in most cases.
Examples of CVs submitted by students are available to students registered in this course on this link.
Evaluation Rubric
Your CV will be evaluated using the following measures:
Total = 40 points