Things That Worked: ECR CV

Sample materials to simplify your life

After conducting an informal Twitter poll to see what subscribers would like to see featured in this issue of ‘Things That Worked’, I discovered that what they most wanted to read about was the ECR CV (though I’ve also noted that a sample op-ed pitch would be of great interest—keep an eye out for that!).

ECR CVs are odd ducks. They’re documents that sketch out a picture of your working life when your working life is only just beginning! At that stage, some CV sections may feel a little thin (‘Publications’, ‘Grants Awarded’), while it may be difficult to know how to frame others for jobs at different kinds of institutions (‘Courses Taught’).

Like the ECR cover letter I shared in my first ‘Things That Worked’ post, the CV I’m sharing this week is one I wrote during the first year after completing my PhD. I was very, very green. And it shows. Nevertheless, I think it’s worth including here because (a) it helped get me invitations to interview for three tenure-track jobs (and got me longlisted for several junior research fellowships); (b) it’s an example of what a CV looks like for someone very early on in her career; and (c) it will be a useful point of comparison for later CVs that I’ll be including in ‘Things That Worked’.

Because it’s helpful to see formatting, I’ve included screen-caps of each page of my ECR CV below, with commentary.

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