Answer by jakebeal for Why is an academic CV not the place to sell?
Largely, it is cultural. So far as I understand it, the idea is that "your record should speak for itself." Of course, you are selling yourself to a degree, by how you choose to put which pieces...
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In academia, the traditional CV format is exactly what people care about, i.e. it already is the sell. Other academics care about stuff like your papers, presentations, and teaching experiences. In...
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In a comment, ff524 said this (and got confirmed by scaahu, Nate Eldredge below (not to mention the number of votes)):Actually, academic CVs are typically not as sales-pitch-y as non-academic CVs. They...
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