2024 CV/Resume Clinic

Overview of the CV/Resume Clinic

 The Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley Postdoc Career Fair includes a CV/Resume clinic. The CV/Resume clinic is an opportunity for postdoctoral scholars to engage with recruitment and coaching professionals (“reviewers”). Through small-group coaching, the reviewers will help attendees update and refresh their resumes or CVs to make them as relevant and interesting as possible. 

Clinic Resources

• CV and Resume Checklists
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Slides

Additional Resources for All Postdocs

Book a 1:1 Appointment

Booking a 1:1 appointment to review your materials is a great way to follow up on what you learned at the Clinic, if you would like more time to ask individual questions.

For Berkeley Lab Postdocs

• 1:1 Coaching/Counseling: Postdoc Training Grant Options
  • Government Job Search Coaching with Dr. Josh Henkin
  • Industry Job Search Coaching with Dr. Mike Matrone
  • Nonprofit/Consulting/Outreach Job Search Coaching with Dr. Patti Meyer
  • Academic Career Coaching with Dr. Daniel Olson-Bang

For UC Berkeley Postdocs

• 1:1 Coaching/Counseling: Career Counseling Appointments with Berkeley Career Engagement

Sample CVs and Resumes

• Industry Research Resumes
  • Sample #1
  • Sample #2
  • Sample #3
• Academic CVs (Research and teaching roles in academia):
  • Sample #1 (“R1” – Research-focused institution)
  • Sample #2 (R1)
  • Sample #3 CV and other application materials (Research and teaching institution)
  • Sample #4 (Research and teaching, e.g. liberal arts colleges)
• Resumes (non-research roles):
  • Sample #1 (business focus)
  • Sample #2 (writing/communication focus)
  • Sample #3 (consulting)

FAQs

Below are answers to questions pre-submitted by registrants to the CV/resume clinics.

 

More Events & Resources

For Berkeley Lab Postdocs

• Resources for Postdocs: Career Pathways Office
• Career Development Events and Workshops: Career Pathways Office
  • Converting your CV into a Resume
  • August Grant Writing Series
  • Fall Academic Job Market series
• More Resources
  • National Postdoc Association SmartSkills Series (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Institutional Membership)
  • Videos from Bill Lindstaedt on industry job search

For UC Berkeley Postdocs

• Resources for Postdocs: Visiting Scholar & Postdoc Affairs
• Career Development Events and Resources: 

• • QB3-Berkeley Graduate and Postdoc Career Development Events and Resources
  • Berkeley Career Engagement:
    • Masters & PhD Career Fair – October 7th
    • “The CV” series and Resume FAQs
• More Resources
  • National Postdoc Association SmartSkills Series (UC Berkeley Institutional Membership)