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Academic CV template
For academic positions, postdoctoral fellowships, grants and tenure files. Origin: The convention of research universities and learned societies; the form used for faculty hiring, tenure and grant applications.
Sections
- Contact & current position
- Education
- Academic appointments
- Publications (peer-reviewed, then other)
- Grants & fellowships
- Honors & awards
- Teaching
- Presentations
- Service
- References
How a tough reader scores it
When you score a draft against this format, the Critic evaluates this academic CV. The weights add up to 100; the fixes for the weakest criteria arrive as cards in the editor.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Sections are in the field's expected order and nothing standard is missing | 20 |
| Publications are complete, consistently cited, and honest about status | 25 |
| Grants, awards and talks give funder, amount, venue and year | 15 |
| Teaching and service show breadth appropriate to the career stage | 15 |
| Formatting is consistent and easy to scan across many pages | 10 |
| No padding, duplication or inflated categories | 10 |
| Current position and contact details are correct and complete | 5 |
How it works in SecondPen.ai
Open the template and the editor writes the blank once, with a line of guidance under each heading that you delete as you fill it in. Write your abstract and the editor names the format it reads like. Ask for a document with a slash command and it offers to start from the matching format. When the draft is ready, the Critic scores it against the criteria above, the way this format's toughest reader would, and the three highest-leverage fixes become Editor cards.
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