imaginative start pulls you into the story

Is it worth having a section on research communities too? Could include the Research Beacons, professional societies, etc?

Perhaps again here - why might these things be relevant to a new PGR? For example: "If you have questions about x, then this is the person to speak to"

Or "Common PGR queries to this person include: x, y, z"?

Perhaps something here about why knowing who the PGR directors are is important to a PGR?

Simon Harper appears twice (is that correct?). Also the second time the 'S' is missing from his name

FORMATTING: decide whether you prefer bullets or prose for your main sections of text. Things to include for each experience: 1. key findings or outcomes of your work 2. A set of key relevant* skills 3. A key achievement from your work

what is relevant *will be determined by what you are writing the CV for.

"highly motivated" and other similar statements should be avoided unless they are justified with evidence.

Evidence might include: taking on responsibilities over and above your 'routine' work; involvement in professional networks; a range of research outputs.

Try to avoid incomplete pages. If you find in one format you have a large amount of space at the end of your CV, see if you can reformat it to fit into less, or extend into more.

If you have an academic CV of significant length and the last section is your publication list - disregard this suggestion!

If your CV is the only document you are using to make an application then you should add in your referees (always ask them first). If you are adding a CV in addition to an application form then there is no need to add referees.

Including names of supervisors and principal investigators. Yes, if they are likely to be known by the people or organisation to which you are applying. No, if they are not likely to be known by the people or organisation to which you are applying.

If you have a large number of conference presentations cut down your list by calling this section 'RELEVANT (OR SELECTED) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS'. In this way you can choose those where the subject is most relevant, or they represent evidence of your standing in the academic community (such as invited talks or international conference presentations).

FORMATTING: Bold works well to make your name stand out in a list of authors.

Where publications are important sometimes it can be useful to include a single sentence highlighting your input (where you aren't first or last author).

These can be useful things to include, especially if any are requested in the job description.

When talking about your skills, you need to include evidence. What can have greater impact than simply listing them is incorporating the skills into the descriptions of when you used them.

For example: During my current postdoc I am responsibility for the lab management of 2 PhD students, 1 MRes student and a part-time technician. I work to ensure we have an effective lab maintenance routine and chair weekly lab meetings.

Teaching experience: For greater impact quantify the number of supervisions you've had, and over what timescale. What level of responsibility did you have as a graduate teaching assistant? There to be asked questions? Group teaching? Marking work and giving student feedback?

Highlights why these things are important.

Senior postdoc role could demonstrate: developing others, line management, managing your time.

Student rep could demonstrate: commitment to subject/department, investing in change, negotiation skills.

Peer review could demonstrate: commitment to research topic, way to build professional connections, developing own academic writing or critical appraisal.

This could be a great section to expand if you were making an application into the industrial sector. Think about expanding with things like: How did you apply your research experience in a commercial environment? How did you work with others to achieve commercial goals? What did you learn about what it's like to work in this environment?

You can use this same approach if applying to any role in the commercial or not-for-profit sectors. What experiences (paid, voluntary, past-times, 'unofficial') do you have that show you can use similar skill sets in different contexts?

The things you choose to highlight in these sections of your CV should tell a story.

To tell a story you need to include details that enable your reader to imagine you doing the activity. Things that help with this are: 1. active words 2. context 3. quantification

This statement entirely focusses on what you have done in quite a technical way. Whoever you write for you need to make clear: 1. what you did 2. why you did it 3. the outcome of what you did This is the same whether you wish to demonstrate a technical (e.g. measuring elasticity), research (e.g. statistical analysis of results) or transferable skill (e.g. teamworking).

Consider whether the details of your undergraduate units are really relevant.

It may be that you wish to show a long history in a certain subject, or alternatively if looking to change direction, show an initial grounding in a subject.

If you completed an undergrad dissertation you could include details here, if relevant to the role.

Avoid abbreviations. If you are likely to write about something more than once or twice, then the first time it appears in your CV it should be written in full.

FORMATTING: underlined and italic texts can make fonts more difficult to read.

Bold tends to have the most impact to pick out sections. Sections are important as most CVs are scan-read (at least in the first instance) so use formatting that allows sections to be easily identified.

"Hardworking" and "passionate" are matters of opinion. Instead use examples that demonstrate these qualities and let your reader draw their own conclusions.

For example: I enjoy sharing my passion for microbiology through my blog #MadAboutMicrobes which has over 500 followers.

This statement is a little general. Increase it's impact by quantifying and adding detail.

For example: In the last 5 years I have supervised 3 undergraduate, 2 Masters and 2 PhD students.

Make sure there is consistency throughout your CV. Here Roger states he has 7 peer-reviewed publication, but only 6 appear in his publications section.

Molly - I still think you need something to finish off your resource. It would also be good to get your view on the two interviews you've done. What do you think the interviews say about their experiences as man/woman? What do their responses say about what they expect in the workplace? (here I'm thinking particularly of the response to Q4 where your female interviewee suggests men have 'physical qualities' that enable them to deal better with stress than women). Add in a summary that reviews your interviews, brings it back round to the efforts being made by the UK Big Four, and how you think this will improve the accountancy profession (that you want to be a part of).

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on the proportion of partners that are female in the UK Big Four.

I think you need to explain the table in the text. Questions you could consider answering...

Why have 3 of the big4 shown a reduction in the gender pay gap, whilst KPMG have seen almost 5% increase? When to these companies aim to total eliminate a gender pay gap? Is it that women get paid less for the same job, or is it that men are more likely to have the highest paid jobs? Does less-than-fulltime working have an impact?

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I developed an intense interest in gender equality.

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writing my Master's dissertation in Accounting and Finance

Can you specify the geography of these stats - is it worldwide or UK?

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