Getting Started with a CV

CV stands for curriculum vitae, which translates to “course of life” in Latin. They are often required when applying to academic jobs like teaching or research positions. CVs are used to outline a person’s entire education, publications, honors, accomplishments, projects, awards, and professional experience. While resumes are typically limited to 1-2 pages in length, there is no length limit for a CV, and they tend to be much longer than a resume.

• Check out these quick CV tips to get started.
• Sample annotated CV from the University of California, San Francisco
• If you need help creating a CV, make an appointment with our Career Services Team!

Cover Letters, Teaching Statements, and Research Statements

• Cover letter tips for faculty roles from the Graduate School at NC State
• Teaching statement tips from the Graduate School at NC State
• Teaching statement guidelines from Cornell University
• Sample teaching statements
• Research statement tips from the Graduate School at NC State
• Sample research statement tips

Job and Internship Search Resources

• Computer Research Association (CRA) Job Database
• CRA academic and lab roles
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Interstride: search global roles and jobs for international students
• CS Slack Workspace: #phdstudents
• Managing job offers and salary negotiation

How the NCSU Computer Science Doctorate Affects Your Job Search, featuring Rahul Yedida

• NC State Alum Rahul Yedida joins Leslie and Angelina in this episode of Byte Sized Career Convos to discuss how graduating from the computer science doctorate program has impacted his career, job search and current role, as well as his tips for technical and industry interviews.
• Listen on to this Byte Sized Career Convos episode on Spotify! You can access the transcript here.

Job Talks

• How to Organize a Job Talk, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Demystifying the Academic Job Talk, from Johns Hopkins University