Brian Rybarczyk, Ph.D.
brybar@unc.edu
Director, Academic & Professional
Development
The Graduate School
UNC Chapel Hill
• LinkedIn Lab – Oct 14, 3:30-5pm
• Teaching Statement – Oct 22, noon-1:30pm
• Interviewing for Academic Positions – Oct 28,
3:30-5pm
• Career Symposium – Sat. November 1
• Masters/PhD Career Fair – Nov 20
• Etiquette Luncheon – January 2015
• Learn about structures and conventions of
application materials
• Compare resumes and CVs
• Analyze job ads to help structure cover letters
• Increase your confidence in applying for nonacademic positions - transferable skills
• Tailor your own CV and cover letter
Source: Wendler, C. et al. (2012) Pathways Through Graduate School into Careers.
Educational Testing Service.
Source: Wendler, C. et al. (2012) Pathways Through Graduate School into Careers.
Educational Testing Service.
Job
Position
Cover
Letter
CV/resume
Other Application Materials
References/letters
A) 30 seconds
B) 2-3 minutes
C) 20 minutes
D) throughout the hiring process
• Communication Skills
• Experience
• Productivity
• Specific skill set based on position
• Other qualifications specified in job ad
Academic
• Area of
research/scholarship
• Productivity: pubs &
presentations
• Teaching
• Grant writing
• Fit with potential
colleagues
Non-Academic
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Critical thinking
Team work/collaboration
Communication skills
Business acumen
Project management
Application to new situations
Experience
Creativity
Organization
Strategy Development Process to
Achieve Competitive Advantage
Resources
Capabilities
Distinctive
Competencies –
Differentiation
Advantage
Or
Cost Advantage
Strategy
Value
Creation
What do you have to offer that they want?
Activity 1: What’s your Differentiation Advantage?
http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/competitive-advantage/
Either you
have it
OR
You can
translate the
experience
you have to
the job you’re
applying to
Supervision Skills:
• Scheduling and monitoring groups
• Managing conflict
• Train, coach, coordinate events
• Develop new ideas, solutions
Interpersonal and Communications:
• Public speaking, professional presentations,
lectures
• Writing, editing
• Performance feedback to students
• Mediation, counseling, collaboration
Research and Planning skills:
• Creating new ideas
• Problem-solving
• Identifying resources, synthesizing information
• Analysis, program development, outcome evaluation
• Documentation
• Research
• Who and what you know – connect with others working
outside of academia
• Networking is crucial, most jobs found through contacts,
not blanketing job ads
• Reframe education (transferable skills)
• Convince expert (hiring manager) and nonexpert (HR
person) to move your application along
• Keywords, targeting works
• I don’t have a lot of publications?
• Explain type of research/project
• Describe progress of the project
• I don’t have the right skills to match job?
• Seek out opportunities to gain experience
• Think about projects differently
• May not be the right job for you
• I have experience in other areas…
• Highlight transferable skills
• Management skills, project development, teaching,
organization
Action
• Address properly
• Match materials to
correct position
• Address all aspects of
the job description
• Stretch your fit for the
position
• Missing/Generic letter
Message
• Know your audience
• Detailed and organized
• Can do all that is required
• Non selective, may not be
able to fulfill responsibilities
• Not serious about THIS
position
• May require a resume instead of CV
• Determine the position’s priorities – reorder
CV/resume
• Translate skills learned to position (in cover letter)
• Reframe research and teaching to match industry
you’re entering…strong communication skills, complex
problem solving
RESUME
CV
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Selective entries
Related experience
Work experience
Skills
Outcome based (results)
Quantify
Publications & presentations to
highlight communication skills
(selective)
• Summary – highlights of
experience pertaining to job
description, not necessarily
goals.
Lists everything
All academic experience
Research/teaching
Skills
Task/descriptive based
• Pubs & presentations to
highlight scholarly productivity
(comprehensive)
Education
Ph.D. English & Comparative Literature – A.B.D.,
expected 2015
Large Research University, City, State
Dissertation title:
Advisor:
B.A. English Literature, minor Art History – Cornell
University 2010
Teaching Experience
Instructor, ENG250 – Spring 2014
Instructor, ENG322 – Fall 2013
TA for English 101 – Spring 2013
Teaching Experience
Large Public University, City, State, Graduate Instructor, 2013present
ENGL 102 – Grammar and Structure
ENGL 101 – Essentials of Language
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Large Public University, City, State
Grammar and Structure (undergraduates, Spring 2014)
Essentials of Language (undergraduates, Fall 2013)
Teaching Assistant, Small School, City, State
Introductory Writing (undergraduates, Fall 2012)
PUBLICATIONS
Your name, author 2, author 3. Year. Title. Journal, Issue.
GRANTS
Title of grant, funding agency, duration, amount (role: PI)
Exploration of North Carolina’s Water Quality, Environmental
Protection Agency, 2010-2013, $10,000 (role: Director, PI: Dr.
Smith)
Research Experience
Pubs, grants, presentations
EXPERIENCE
Teaching Experience
Work Experience
Experience
Research Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill, 2010-present
• Directed two research projects focused on the development of
new technology to enhance drug delivery to cancer tissue
• Supervised five undergraduate students, each with unique
projects, over three years
• Published three papers in top science journals
• Awarded $30,000 in research funding from American Cancer
Society
What would your Experience entry look like?
• Know your audience – need to tailor documents for position
and place
• Describe experiences to illustrate marketable skills
• Highlight results and accomplishments – not just tasks
• Quantify and qualify
• Break up long sentences
• Be consistent – dates, formatting, etc
• Absolutely no mistakes allowed – Proofread!
• Importance is shown by order (top to bottom, left to right)
reverse chronological order
• Use text formatting to make information easy to find (i.e. bold,
underlines, bullets), and headings but do not overdo it
• Forget to seek assistance
• Length
• CV’s 3-5 for early career, 15-20 for senior scholars
• Resume 1-2 pages
• Include unnecessary information - i.e. interests, hobbies,
martial status, age, race, and religious affiliations,
astrological sign, kids names, etc.
• Be humorous or cute
• Be careful of CV advice from UK websites
• Pad
• Ensure consistency
• Dangers of what is public – think about transition from grad
student/trainee to professional
• Blogs, Facebook
• LinkedIn – (more resume like than CV)
• Summary important – who, what, why unique
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelesterline
show that you’re connected, you know field
The Chronicle’s CV Doctor
http://chronicle.com/article/The-CV-Doctor-Is-Back-/49086/
• Write down and commit to at least TWO
follow-up action steps you will take in the next 2
weeks related to developing your resume, cover
letter, job search, career development
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Versatile PhD – Premium Content – Hiring Success Stories – samples
University Career Services - http://careers.unc.edu
Beyond Academe - http://www.beyondacademe.com/
LinkedIn advice http://tarheelsintransit.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/writingan-effective-linkedin-summary/
• http://www.chrisbrogan.com/write-your-linkedin-profile-for-your-future/
• Faculty and other students/postdocs in your depts
• Resumes
• http://careerdevelopment.brown.edu/phd/resumes_cover_letters