Are you writing an academic C.V. for the first time? Dissatisfied with your C.V. in its current form? Do you know what you need to say but are unsure how to best present your academic record? Have you applied for countless jobs and had little or no success in getting a follow up interview? Do you want and need help on your C.V. that goes deeper than the blog and the book and is more individualized than the webinar recordings, but costs less than individual editing?
The Art of the C.V. is for you.
Created by Dr. Karen Kelsky, The Art of the Academic C.V. walks you step-by-step through each section of the academic C.V., ensuring you showcase your record and demonstrate competency to search committees.
It Starts With a Change of Perspective
More than simply a how-to-guide, The Art of the C.V. teaches you to approach your academic C.V. as an extension of yourself, and thus, a living document that needs continual and conscientious development. The Art of the C.V. guides you through the process of creating the academic C.V., strategizing and refining the contents of your academic record, and framing your expertise in ways that work for the job market.
Then We Get to Work
Once you purchase the online course, you have immediate access to a 20-module program that walks you through each element of the C.V., from the salutation to the sign-off, with assigned readings in my book The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job (which you must own to do the program) and on the blog. Each module includes worksheets that lead you from the mental process of recognizing the content from your record that “counts,” through the challenge of organizing, condensing, and properly formatting that content appropriately to fit search committee standards, and finally to framing your expertise in ways that work for the job market. Each worksheet also provides you with examples of generally-accepted formatting standards to effectively display your academic contributions.
We are With You Every Step
Each module includes short videos from me, Dr. Karen, reminding you what search committees are looking for when they read each section of your C.V. I show you how you can avoid the most common forms of self-sabotage, and what you can do to produce an academic C.V. that instantly and effectively delivers the facts of your record to any search committee.
We Are Ready When You Are
The Art of the C.V. is a 20-module self-guided course, all-online, available anytime 24/7, that walks you step by step through the planning, info-gathering, writing, and editing of your academic job C.V. Includes worksheets that teach you how to a) grasp and frame your record for the purposes of job market completion; b) collect all pertinent material in one place and organize it based on generally-accepted rules and standards; c) refine and edit the complete C.V. to avoid pitfalls like inconsistent formatting, excessive verbiage, overstating quasi-achievements, etc. And at each step it includes short videos by me, Dr. Karen, that keep you focused on the big picture of the job search. Work at your own pace, develop your own materials, learn what you need to say, and how you need to say it! The Art of the C.V. is fast, individualized, and affordable.