List and Categorize
List and categorize all of your relevant accomplishments: academic, scholarly and creative work, community involvement, publications, honors and awards. You can approach this step in a few different ways. You can list your accomplishments first, and then arrange the list into categories. Or, you can start with categories and add items within them.
To list accomplishments first, then arrange the list into categories:
- Write a list of every academic and research accomplishment you can remember.
- Review your resume and add to your list anything on your resume that is related to your academic and research accomplishments.
- Review the list of categories and decide which categories you should include, exclude and which you should emphasize and highlight.
- Group items from your list into categories.
To start with categories and add items within them:
- Identify which categories you want to emphasize for the CV's intended audience.
- Organize your experience and adjust categories as needed. You can use your resume as a guide, but don't simply repeat the information from your resume (your audience will probably already have your resume to read for themselves).