Developing your CV
Applying for jobs in career sectors other than academia will entail developing a different CV style to that of an academic CV.
This section includes a series of videos focusing on what recruiters are looking for, the evidence you will need to provide and assessing your skills and abilities.
Example CV
Take a look at this example CV and the explanatory notes to develop your CV tailored to the post you are applying for outside academia. Watch the following videos and then once you've drafted your CV, book an appointment with us.
Example CV 
An overview of CVs with an employer perspective
If you are interested in developing your CV for academia and outside academia, this webinar will give you the starting point to take the stress out of developing your new CV.
In the webinar, HR manager, Steven Mulholland, gives his insight into what he would be looking for when shortlisting for a position.
You will gain an insight into:
- Writing your CV and the different sections
- How to showcase your transferable skills as a researcher
- An employer’s perspective
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From a recruiter's perspective
In this first video, you will gain an insight into the information needs of the recruiter during the selection process.
- What do recruiters look for?
- How much detail do they require?
Using a card-sorting exercise, you will see the the differences between:
- what researchers think employers want to see, and
- what employers think researchers can offer them
Evidence required by recruiters
In this second video, explore how you can generate the detailed evidence employers expect to see in an application.
Learn about transferable skills and experience. We provide an example of how you might identify those behaviours from activities you undertake as a postgraduate researcher.
Assessing your skills and behaviours
In this final video in the series, the focus is on assessing your skills, behaviours and experiences realistically.
There are challenges involved in doing this as not all the evidence you include in your applications will have a certificate or qualification to back it up.
Most will require you to make a self-assessment of your own level of skill, ability and confidence.