Curriculum Vitae

[rachelmanija]

Does a CV intended to be used to apply to teach at a college level really have to be around twenty pages long?

I am coming to the horrible realization that it is going to take forever to dig up the records I need to put this damn thing together.

I hope that my really quite good professional credentials will make up for my lack of actual teaching experience here. Though everyone I've ever taught or critiqued has seemed happy with the results, I've only ever taught at one workshop, critiqued privately, and guest-lectured for one college class session and two high school sessions.

...yeah, I need to make more money. Also, I enjoy teaching.

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I'm ideally looking to teach writing part-time. I've written quite a lot professionally, but not taught much.

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

Are you looking for a composition position or a creative writing position? Composition instructors are always needed, but you'll probably be given a syllabus to use.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Creative writing. Unless I get desperate.

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

Professional experience counts for a lot with creative writing. In your CV separate out types of publications -- fiction from non-fiction and so on, so the breadth of your writing experience shows. Make that the major focus of the CV. Then use your cover letter to talk about how you would draw on that experience to teach.

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

I just emailed you a link to my CV.