W7 (23 Apr. 2020)

Lecture - Curriculum Vitae (CV) Course of life

• MIT’s comparison chart
  • CV: 什麼都可以列、content 比視覺格式更重要、less tailoring to fit job、references are included
    
  • Resume: 只列跟申請的工作有關、content 與視覺格式同等重要、adapted to fit each specific job
• Find the magic word!

CV

• 可以在 CV 列出推薦人（願意替你寫推薦信的人、不見得要先將信寫好）

推薦信的功能

• American style
  • 針對某些能力、特質背書
    
  • 補充說明落差
    
  • 敘述性、相對正向
    
• European style
  • more reserved 較為保守

推薦信內要提到的幾個特質

• Technical capability
  
• Independent research
  
• Personal integrity
  
• Vulnerability (易受某些特質影響)
  
• Tenacity (韌性)

Academic CV (University of Oxford)

• Research interests
  • bullet points or a paragraph
    
• Education
  • degrees, titles of theses, names of supervisors
    
• Awards and Funding
  • undergraduate/postgraduate prizes, scholarships, MOST project funding, travel grants, …
    
• Research experience
  • inclusive of RA experience
    
• Teaching experience
  • level of students, class sizes, and topics
    
• Admin experience
  • highlight any conferences/seminars/reading groups you have organised as a member
    
• Relevant training
  • academic teaching training, research methods training
    
• Relevant skills
  • list of research/technical/laboratory skills to elaborate on
    
  • 可以具體說明運用哪些技能去完成某些專案
    
• Patents 專利
  
• Professional memberships
  • (e.g.) the Royal Society of Chemistry or the British
    
• Public engagement
  • (e.g.) community service, club service, volunteer work
    
• Publications
  • Journal paper
    
  • Conference paper
    
  • Poster presentation
    
  • Paper under review
    
  • Paper in submission
    
  • Paper in manuscript/preparation

CV 的重要性

• greater accountability and rationalisation

The first CV in History

• The first CV is written by da Vinci
  
• The opening of da Vinci’s CV
  • 自己比別人好
    
• 可以強調自己的多元面向（在不同情境下，分別能夠做出來的貢獻）

Lessons from da Vinci’s CV

• Presenting the candidate in a well-rounded manner (slash generation)
  
• Connecting professional capability to social accountability
  
• Enriching the required document with personal touches