JOANNA BLOGGS
BA (Hons), PIfA (and any other awards or relevant post nominals)
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Should include: Name, Contact details (including a professional sounding email address), address.
Optional extras: Date of birth, nationality, full clean driving licence, CSCS card
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EDUCATION
TIPS: Most recent first, don’t include full addresses of institutions, include course units if you
think they are relevant, for exams before university just give subject and grades
EXAMPLES
1998 – 2002
1990 – 1997
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The University of Manchester
 BA (Hons) Archaeology First Class
Honours units - From Settlement to Farming in S.W. Asia (A - 77%), Philosophy
and Methodology (A – 74%), Ritual and Monumentality (A – 72%), The rise of
civilisation in S.W. Asia (A – 70%), Dissertation (B-69%), Hunter gatherers of
Europe (B – 65%), Archaeological Practice (B – 64%), Later Prehistory in
Scotland (B – 62%).
John Smith High School
 A-Levels
English Language (A), Geography (A), History (B), General Studies (B)
 G.C.S.E.s
English Language (A*), Geology (A*), Geography (A), Dual Award Science
(A,A), Textiles (A), History (B), Maths (B), French (B), English Literature (B).
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK EXPERIENCE
TIPS: Chronological, most recent first – state your position (usually field assistant on digs),
project or company worked for, amount of work, when it was, and a brief summary of what you
did. Did you supervise anyone or have a special role (finds monitor etc etc)? If so include this
too. Include heritage work/museums work here too and any post-ex you’ve done – anything
relevant and to catch the employers eye!
EXAMPLES:
 Field Assistant, Stonehenge Riverside Project, Universities of Manchester, Sheffield,
Bournemouth and Bristol (Directed by Prof. J. Thomas, Dr. C. Richards, Dr. M. ParkerPearson, Dr. J. Pollard, Dr. C. Tilley)
September 2004 (1 week)
Positions included supervision of undergraduates, giving some tutoring as to how to
excavate/draw, general excavation, compiling site context records, section and plan drawing,
finds processing, and field walking/landscape survey work, use of survey equipment (EDM).

Post-excavation work for Scotland’s First Settler’s Project, Edinburgh University
Archaeology Dept.
June 2001 (2 weeks)
Both microscopic and macroscopic sorting of shell midden samples that had undergone
floatation, including identification of otoliths and other small fish bones, worked shell, bone,
flint and seeds.
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NON-ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK EXPERIENCE
TIPS: Again list most recent first – also include voluntary and other relevant work experience
***EVERYTHING FROM SECTION 5 ONWARDS IS OPTIONAL***
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POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
EXAMPLE:
 Committee member –University of Manchester Archaeology Society
2000 - 2002
Say what you did in this position
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ADDITIONAL KEY SKILLS
TIPS: Include both archaeological skills and transferable skills here – you could also add
training to this section (e.g. training in archaeological surveying, using GIS, using excel etc etc)
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CONFERENCES ATTENDED
TIPS: If you’re thinking about an academic career you could add this as a section – especially if
you have also given papers. In this case you could include a section entitled “conference
papers”
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
TIPS: Have you won any prizes? Received any awards? Include them.
EXAMPLE:
 The Chacmool Archaeological Conference, Bea Loveseth Award
An award of $400 made in September 2004 for best student paper at the conference.
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MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES
TIPS: Include these if you have membership – especially IfA membership!
EXAMPLE:
 Practitioner of the Institute of Field Archaeologists (PIFA)
 Member of the Prehistoric Society
10 REFERENCES
TIPS: Ideally one academic, one from recent work experience – or you could write “references
available on request”