1. Making your CV stand out from the crowd
Show, Don’t Tell
Making your CV stand out from the crowd

2. What’s the difference? Resume CV One page Relevant experience
Major accomplishments
When to use?
Career fairs
Job applications
2+ Pages*
All major experiences
Major accomplishments
When to use?
Upon request

3. So what should you have?
Both!

4. CV and Dental School? Keep track of experiences Gain new experiences
Committee interview
Letter of rec
Professors to know you

5. What do we see?
= bad
Color = bad

6. Header “Please Do’s”
Name
Address
Professional
Phone number

7. Section “Please Do’s” Education Leadership Community Service
Employment
Research / Publications
Presentations
Awards
Professional Affiliations
___________ Experience
Top = resume = important and consise
Bottom = CV
Experience = anything changing you

8. White Space is Nice Space
DON’T WANT TO LOOK TEXTBOOK

9. Section “Please Do’s”
BOLD= I’m Important
GPA MAYBE ?

10. Section “Please Do’s” I’m Important Read me too
White space and power words

11. POWER WORDS

12. Organization, Position, Dates-Active
Use two to three complete sentences to describe your accomplishments and duties.
Begin each sentence with a power verb
Rank the accomplishments and duties in order of importance

13. Final Thoughts Be honest, never overstate Keep it updated
Remove high school experiences
Review, review, review
GUITAR STORY – know ur info