The American Historical Association's publication, Perspectives Online, has two good articles on C.V. and cover letter creation. This article is chock full of useful advice, as is this article. The advice in these articles is appropriate for people in many fields, so don't ignore these sources if you are in education or economics!
I thought I knew what the definition of ABD was. It was exactly the same as defined here in Carnegie Mellon's University Doctoral Candidate Policies for All But Dissertation (ABD) : After the completion of all formal degree requirements other than the completion of and approval of the doctoral dissertation and the public final examination, doctoral candidates shall be regarded as All But Dissertation(ABD). I have, though, occasionally run into the term ABD being used as a somewhat disparaging designation for one who fulfills the formal degree requirements of the Ph.D. but never finishes the dissertation, and then quits the program. Most recently, I saw it in What They Didn' t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career , by Paul Gray and David E. Drew. Number 9 of their helpful hints is one that I strongly agree with: "Remember that a Ph.D. is primarily an indication of survivorship." They go on to say, "You stuck wi
With so many formats and differing advice regarding CV structure who do you listens to. Well here's the good news: There is only one CV or resume format you need to worry about. The Hybrid CV (Universal, Targeted, Reverse Chronological format). You can download a temaple from this page
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Please do not confuse CV formats and CV writing advice associated with the UK and US CV. The "UK CV" is very similar to the "US resume". The UK CV should not be written on more than 2 pages, unless you are sending it to a job agency or maybe working within a few specific organisations that ask fo more than 2 pages. In general, the covering or supporting letter should be targeted to a specific job application. The CV or resume UK or US should be targeted towards the appropriate job area.