Is Graduate School In your

Future? Learn How to

Create a Curriculum Vitae

presented by:
Sue H. Strup, MSEd., MSN
Senior Career Consultant
1 UK Healthcare Career Center
 Objectives
• To better understand the difference
between a resume and a Curriculum
Vitae or CV
• When to use a resume and/or a CV
• Developing a strong CV for graduate
school applications
• Additional career resources for UKHC
nurses, health professionals and staff
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 Curriculum Vitae versus Resume:
What is the Difference?
• Resume – 1 to 2 page document that
highlights your skills, achievements and work
experience (used to apply to jobs)
• Curriculum Vitae – unlimited # of pages;
submitted for jobs in academia, scientific
research, medicine and with graduate school
applications
• Tip: You can have both a CV and a resume
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 When Do You Use a CV
versus a Resume?
• First and most important…most APRNs, faculty,
researchers, etc. have BOTH
• Use a CV when applying to academic positions
(faculty), fellowships, research positions, grant
funding, when submitting a poster or presentation or
when applying to graduate school
• An Experienced RN (has a 2 page resume and a 5
page CV)
• You will hear folks interchange the words so don’t
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get confused
 Advice from An Expert
“For a graduate school application, the CV highlights the students academic history better
for us and more in depth.  The CV will also serve to highlight the students academic
accomplishments, honors and awards, leadership and involvement, fellowships and also
any research areas they may have been involved in previously.
Employment history, volunteer work and internships also are visible which helps us know if
we will have a skills match for advising purposes as well as programming.   Our goal is for
all of our students to be successful in the course work.   Graduate studies are very
different than undergraduate studies,
so it helps us to see previous efforts to help us work with the
applicant/DNP/Ph.D./MS candidates so that together we can create a plan of
study that will meet their needs.”

Sheila D. Melander, Ph.D., APRN-BC, FCCM, FAANP, FAAN

Associate Dean of MSN & DNP Faculty and Practice Affairs
William S. & Elizabeth M. Morgan Professorship for Professional Nursing Practice
University of Kentucky College of Nursing
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 Graduate School
Applications and Prep

Personal Statement

Letters of Recommendation
AAn Updated CV

Complete graduate school

applications; follow up to make Padfolio to carry extra copies of your
sure the graduate school has CV and information for interviews
Interview preparation
everything BEFORE deadline
6 including Mock Interviews
 Let’s Look at a Poor
Curriculum Vitae

Name
NURSE EDUCATOR

502-542-7296

Email

EDUCATION:
Indiana Wesleyan University – Masters in Nursing Education 2014-2016. GPA

CERTIFICATIONS:
*Kentucky Board of Nursing registration: #1108359

*American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

*American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

*Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

*Human Subject Protection (HSP)

*Electrocardiogram

*Nonviolent Crisis Prevention

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 Let’s Look at a Strong
Curriculum Vitae

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 Final Version of your CV
• Run a spell check
• Do not worry if more than 2 pages
• Include everything (i.e., presentations, research,
shadowing, leadership, etc.)
• Make an appointment with me and I’ll help you
edit and strengthen before you apply
• Know how to share your CV with your
interviewers via Zoom
• In person interviews, bring multiple copies to
graduate school interviews
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 UKHealthcare Career Center
Services and Programs
• 1:1 confidential career coaching appointments
• Interview strategy appointments
• Mock interviews
• Shadowing Program
• Out of State Alumni Network
• Fall Education Fairs
• Lunch and Learn Workshops (Monthly)
• Handouts/Career Materials/Resources
• Interview 911

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 UKHealthcare Career Center

Hours of Operation and Appts:

Monday, Tues, Wed and Thursday
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
New Location and Contact:
• Waller Healthcare Annex ~ 115 Waller
Avenue, Suite 108
Sue H. Strup, MSEd., MSN
Senior Career Consultant
#859.323.3169 or sue.strup@uky.edu
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 UKHealthcare Career Center
Web Site
• Check out the Career Center Web Page for
examples of resumes, CVs, cover letters, personal
statements and interview tips and more….

• https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/career-center

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 Q&A

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