Job Application Resources
There are several application resources to help you in developing your job applications. Whether you are applying for a teaching job and need a teaching statement, or converting your CV to a Resume, several resources are there for you.
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Applying for an academic position
Berkeley has a terrific step by step guide to the application process from start to finish
Chronicle Vitae offers this often humorous, sometimes heart crushing, but stat filled perspective on the job hunt
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Teaching Statement
Vanderbilt University offers a compressive guide to your Teaching Statement
Yale Center for Teaching and Learning also has several tools as well as samples of teaching statements
For a short and sweet list of things to avoid – try The Professor is In!
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Teaching Portfolio
The Teaching Center at Washington University at St. Louis offers a quick guide to a portfolio but also a list of online references
Rutgers also offers a step by step description of what needs to be included in a portfolio.
Vanderbilt also offers a terrific, detailed guide to putting together a portfolio along with examples.
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converting your CV to resume
UC Davis offers a great explanation of the difference between a CV and a resume and how to best move from one to the other