Timeline for What items MUST appear on a mathematician's CV?
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| Oct 26, 2011 at 15:56 | answer | added | Henry Cohn | timeline score: 59 | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 13:29 | answer | added | Noah Snyder | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 10:39 | history | edited | Suvrit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 26, 2011 at 5:57 | comment | added | Jonathan Chiche | Dear Ben: I see your point and I agree that your point of view is reasonable, but then I am still slightly unreasonable about that. "Anybody can write anything they want on their CV", right, but I guess no serious department would hire an applicant they do not know on the sole basis of a written CV. If the CV content shows blatant discrepancy with the reality, I think it jeopardizes the candidate's chances to get the job much more than many other things. (At least I would like it to be that way. I confess I have no experience.) But I am getting subjective and argumentative here, sorry. | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 3:06 | answer | added | Kurt Luoto | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 1:31 | comment | added | anon | Thank you, Theo, for cleaning up my spelling, grammar, etc. I apologize to anyone offended by my sloppiness. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 21:37 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | Am I a fool to consider that being able to communicate is important too, and that language skills are important to that respect given the internationality of the mathematics community? No, that's quite reasonable. What's unreasonable is thinking that describing linguistic fluency on a CV will actual enter people's judgement of that. People will listen if your references say you are a good communicator, and have language skills, and people will be impressed if you communicate well with them. But anybody can write anything they want on their CV. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 21:02 | answer | added | Kim Morrison | timeline score: 30 | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 20:26 | comment | added | Emerton | Dear Jesus, I include the grant amount along with the granting agency and a few other relevant pieces of information as part of the list of grants on my CV. Regards, Matthew | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:43 | comment | added | Jonathan Chiche | (continued) also has to interact with students and their colleagues, maybe even talk to them about something else than Mathematics? I know research is mostly a solitary work, but am I a fool to consider that being able to communicate is important too, and that language skills are important to that respect given the internationality of the mathematics community? | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:39 | history | reopened |
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| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:37 | comment | added | Jonathan Chiche | Dear Ben: Well, of course the vast majority of mathematicians possess at least basic skills in English nowadays, so I understand no one really cares if the applicant's command of English enables him to teach Basic Calculus or Algebra II. Besides, we probably all know brilliant mathematicians whose mother tongue is almost not spoken abroad and whose ability in English are very poor, yet they would be hired at once by every maths department, and the department of course would be right to do so. But the average mathematician (to be continued) | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:27 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | (I have taken the liberty — it is a CW question after all — to make some edits. Namely, I have corrected one spelling error, and tried to clarify the question by reminding answerers to be specific (what types of jobs? what countries?) when giving suggestions.) | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:25 | history | edited | Theo Johnson-Freyd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:20 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | For discussions on the appropriateness of this question, please go to tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/1184/… . And please up-vote this comment so that it resides "above the fold". (Discussions of the content of the question should be done here.) | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 18:08 | comment | added | user9072 | In view of JDH's remark: some other things that might seem 'obvious' things to include for some, but as far as I understand (please somebody correct me if this is wrong) are not at all common in the US: a portrait photo, civil status, information regarding children (if any). | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 17:44 | comment | added | Joel David Hamkins | It appears to be a standard European practice to include one's birthday on the CV, but this is almost never done in the U.S. (where it is illegal for the hiring committee to base a hiring decision on age), and it appears odd to do so. For Europeans applying in the U.S., therefore, I'd recommend leaving the birthday off. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 14:18 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | Jonathan- I'm not sure what you mean...if the writing on your CV displays poor skills in the language its written in people will notice. If you're saying no one cares what languages you put on your CV, of course they don't. If you need the language for the job, they're going to require a lot more confirmation than you saying so on your CV, and if you don't, why should they care? | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 14:13 | comment | added | Charles Rezk | I don't understand why this was closed. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 11:21 | history | closed |
user6976 Andrés E. Caicedo Andrew Stacey Felipe Voloch Igor Rivin |
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| Oct 25, 2011 at 11:10 | comment | added | Jonathan Chiche | May I say that the fact that no one seems to pay attention to language skills throws me into despondency? | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 9:12 | comment | added | Jesus Martinez Garcia | Shall the ammount given in the grants be specified? | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 7:00 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by S. Carnahan♦ | ||
| Oct 25, 2011 at 5:40 | answer | added | Thierry Zell | timeline score: 19 | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 5:21 | comment | added | Robin Saunders | Also, related: mathoverflow.net/questions/4260 | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 5:08 | answer | added | Nilima Nigam | timeline score: 16 | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 4:16 | answer | added | Ben Webster♦ | timeline score: 16 | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 3:32 | comment | added | roy smith | I cannot resist a comment on the changing nature of the profession. In the 1980's we recruited famous algebraist Maurice Auslander as Head, and our Dean asked him whether he had any grants, and if so why were they not on his vita. His response was, and I quote: "No self respecting mathematician would put his grants on his vita!" Needless to say this has totally changed. grants are the primary ingredient of a viable vita in any job search today. If I am wrong here. I would gladly celebrate that fact. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 3:12 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | It may be worth mentioning that different target institutions might have slightly different expectations (see Deane Yang's 2nd comment). However, this is speculation on my part | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 3:11 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | red flag (maybe just orange) --- an unexplained gap in employment. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 3:05 | comment | added | JSE | Make sure to include your current MO reputation. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:17 | history | edited | anon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:11 | comment | added | Deane Yang | I endorse Henry's answer. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:10 | comment | added | Henry Cohn | The usual strategy is to imitate the CVs of a few slightly older friends (people who have successfully gotten the sort of job you would like). This will give you a good feeling for what should be included: if they all include something, you should too, and if only one of them does, then you should ask around before copying that. Once you know what you will write, you should pick the best-looking CV and ask the author whether you can model yours after their TeX source. Finally, you should ask your advisor and your friends to look over your new CV and make sure it is OK. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:06 | comment | added | Deane Yang | I would add that you should avoid putting anything else on your CV. I have seen a candidate get downgraded, because he devoted too much of his CV to activities not relevant to the position. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:05 | comment | added | Deane Yang | I suspect this question will be closed. But here is the short answer: 1) Your name; 2) A reliable way to contact you, preferably an email address; 3) Your educational and employment history; 4) Documented and verifiable evidence why you should be considered seriously for the position you're applying for. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:02 | comment | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | Correct spelling might be a good place to start. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 2:01 | history | asked | anon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |