{"id":1293,"date":"2020-07-06T08:55:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2020-07-06T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T07:55:53","slug":"academic-cvs-and-combatting-imposter-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/2020\/07\/06\/academic-cvs-and-combatting-imposter-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic CVs and Combatting Imposter Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ellen Grace Lesser is a PGR in the Department of Theology and Religion. Her current research concerns the relationship between nonhuman animals and the Christian God.<\/em><\/p>\n

My first exposure to the concept of an academic<\/em> CV was when I applied for my Masters by Research and needed to include one as a supporting document. At the time, I didn\u2019t have an up-to-date non-academic<\/em> CV. What was more, I didn\u2019t know what the difference was.<\/p>\n

After some research, I finally felt like I had looked at enough examples to give it a go. Particularly helpful were the resources on the University of Exeter Career Zone<\/a> and the University of Oxford careers website<\/a>. I separated out my research experience and went into lots of detail about my Bachelor\u2019s Degree. I teased out all the society committee positions I had held over the previous three years and stuck them all under \u2018Positions of Responsibility\u2019. Then I wrote a little about myself at the top and put my interests at the bottom. There was much less emphasis on my previous work experience than there was on my non-academic CV \u2013 more important was my experiences of teaching and leading group sessions, something which I had been lucky enough to have the opportunity to do as part of being on various society committees.<\/p>\n

Since my Masters application, the only time I\u2019ve needed my academic CV was for my PhD funding application, and then only so my referees could have as much information as possible while writing my references. I was told that my CV was \u2018impressive\u2019, which was heartening to know.<\/p>\n

Even though I have not formally needed my academic CV for over two years now, I keep it up to date. I have all my conference papers on it, detailing paper titles, conference titles, conference locations, and conference dates. I have a publications section \u2013 only one entry so far, but it\u2019ll grow. Every time I do something, I make a point of putting it on my CV.<\/p>\n

One of the beautiful things about academic CVs as opposed to non-academic CVs is that they don\u2019t follow the same rules with regards to length. Non-academic CVs cannot be longer than two sides of A4 \u2013 no arguments. Academic CVs, on the other hand, can be three or four sides of A4. I\u00a0add things to my CV as soon as they happen, partly so that I don\u2019t forget to add it later, but also because having an up-to-date CV does wonders for combating Imposter Syndrome.<\/p>\n

Imposter Syndrome is a blight on the academic community to which no researcher is immune. PGRs and ECRs, however, are just getting their first taste of Imposter Syndrome, which can make it even more difficult to overcome. I know I have experienced terrible bouts of feeling that I wasn\u2019t good enough to be doing what I\u2019m doing, or that I might somehow get \u2018found out\u2019.<\/p>\n

What I have found, however, is that when I am having those thoughts, reading my CV really helps. The horror of Imposter Syndrome comes from feeling that you are unqualified, and a CV shows you in no uncertain terms that that is not the case. Look at all this stuff you\u2019ve done! You\u2019re doing fine. Now go get that degree!<\/p>\n

Written by:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Ellen Grace Lesser. You can find out more about Ellen\u2019s research on\u00a0ORCID<\/a>\u00a0and read her\u00a0poetry and fiction writing on her blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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