If you are a licensed and board certified physician, you are in the enviable position of having credentials that mostly speak for themselves. But that doesn’t mean you can afford to have a sloppy or thrown together physician curriculum vitae (CV). As with many things in life, CVs are often judged by their appearance first. That is why it is important that, as a resident or physician, your CV be visually appealing, easy to scan, and logically assembled.
Below are five quick fixes for your CV that will ensure that it gets and keeps the interest of prospective physician employers.
- Are dates the first things you see? They shouldn’t be!
While dates are important, you don’t want them to be the main focus point on your CV… - Is your timeline easy to follow?
A physician employer reviewing your CV for the first time should be able to determine the progression of everything you’ve done from your undergraduate training to medical school to residency to the present in 30 seconds or less… - Is your CV two pages or less?
Traditionally, resident and physician CVs are lengthy and include all types of information beyond education, training, and employment… - Is the overall appearance easy on the eyes?
A CV that’s appealing to the eye is not necessarily the same thing as a CV that’s eye-catching… - Is your formatting consistent?
Before you send off your CV to a physician employer, do a quick check to make sure that your formatting is consistent…
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