8 Curricula Vitae Sections & Layout
The Curricula Vitae, or CV, is a specialized genre of resume for academics and researchers. They are much longer than the two pages maximum in a normal resume and have very different sections. The purpose of the CV is to provide a complete understanding of your academic career including research, teaching, grants, and service.
The CV conventions vary by discipline and focus. A CV for a research role in the sciences will look very different from a CV for a teaching role in the humanities. Just like with the other resume formats, talk to people in similar roles to what you hope to obtain and ask them what their CV looks like. Professors are great resources for this.
There are a number of layout options for a CV, but the most common sections are:
