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2024 CV/Resume Clinic – Next Steps for UCB Postdocs

Thank you for joining us at the 2024 Postdoc Career Fair! Whatever your career goal, there is more support available after today. Check out all the options, including career counseling appointments, workshops, and more. 

Next Steps and Resources for UC Berkeley Postdocs

  • Resources for Postdocs: Visiting Scholar & Postdoc Affairs
  • 1:1 Coaching/Counseling: Career Counseling Appointments with Berkeley Career Engagement
  • Career Development Events and Resources: 
    • QB3-Berkeley Graduate and Postdoc Career Development Events and Resources
    • Berkeley Career Engagement:
      • Academic Job Search Series – August 12th & 19th
      • Masters & PhD Career Fair – October 2nd
      • “The CV” series and Resume FAQs
  • More Resources
    • National Postdoc Association SmartSkills Series (UC Berkeley Institutional Membership)

CVs and Resumes: Resources for UC Berkeley Postdocs

Examples for STEM:

  • Resumes:
    • Mix of research and non-research experience
    • Non-research role in industry (business focus)
    • Non-research role in industry (writing/communication focus)
    • Consulting
  • “Hybrid” CVs/Resumes (non-academic research roles; term “CV” or “resume” varies depending on employer):
    • CV Template
    • Industry Research Scientist 
    • Industry Research Scientist (Bioinformatics/Data Science)
  • Academic CVs:
    • Annotated CV (“R1” – Research-focused institution)
    • Annotated CV (Research and teaching, e.g. liberal arts colleges)
    • Sample CV and other application materials (R1)
    • Sample CV and other application materials (Research and teaching)

Examples for Social Sciences and Humanities:

  • Resumes:
    • Consulting
    • Policy/Government
    • Nonprofit
  • “Hybrid” CVs/Resumes (non-academic research roles; term “CV” or “resume” varies depending on employer):
    • Industry Research
  • Academic CVs:
    • Social sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc.)
      • Sample CV and other application materials (R1)
      • Sample CV and other application materials (Research and teaching)
    • Humanities (language, literature, history, etc.)
      • Sample CV and other application materials (R1)
      • Sample CV and other application materials (Research and teaching)