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David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1469
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:38 pm: |    |
An architect has asked me to provide him a one page CV for my firm. Now I do have a personal (old) resume but not a CV. Can some of you please send me an example of your CV?
Thanks.
David@AxtConsulting.com
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant
Axt Consulting LLC |
Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate
Senior Member
Username: lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 2077
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 01:15 pm: | |
I understand a CV to be for academic use and a resume to be for business use. Unfortunately, recently, people have confused the meanings. |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1470
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 02:00 pm: | |
The CV is for my firm. I have put together a personal resume but don't know how to go about putting together a resume for my firm.
Any advice would be appreciated.
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant
Axt Consulting LLC |
Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate
Senior Member
Username: lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 2078
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 02:16 pm: | |
I still think it's a resume: what projects has your company completed with project costs (we wrote the specs for this particular $1,000,000,000 Las Vegas hotel), for whom has your company worked (references), what are the company goals, perhaps what are the company ethics (sort of "all the news that's fit to print"); a bit more than a list of projects, and maybe some special services offered as part of a project?
I think that's what I'd want to know before I hired you to write the specs for my project, so I could base my decision on facts and on whether or not your firm is qualified to do my project (have you done something like this before?)
Hopefully, someone else here can send you examples. |
Dewayne Dean
Senior Member
Username: ddean
Post Number: 29
Registered: 02-2016
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 04:08 pm: | |
I found this online:
CV vs Resume
A typical resume will include the following information:
Name and Contact Information: your residential address might be most appropriate, especially if you do not want your current employer to know that you are looking for another job!
Education: a listing of your degrees or certifications and educational institutions or programs.
Work Experience: names of the companies or organizations that you have worked for, the location of each company, the dates worked, your job title, and duties performed.
In contrast, a CV is a fairly detailed overview of your life’s accomplishments, especially those most relevant to the realm of academia. As such, these documents have their greatest utility in the pursuit of a job in academia or research. Because academic researchers are often working on and completing many projects and teaching responsibilities simultaneously, it is wise to think of a CV as a living document that will need to be updated frequently. A typical CV for someone in the beginning stages of his or her graduate school career might only be two or three pages in length, while the number of pages of a more seasoned researcher’s CV may run into the double digits. In both CVs and resumes, information within sections is usually organized chronologically.
A typical CV will include the following information:
Name and Contact Information: contact information for your current institution or place of employment may work best, unless you do not want your colleagues to know that you are job-hunting.
Areas of Interest: a listing of your varied academic interests.
Education: a list of your degrees earned or in progress, institutions, and years of graduation. You may also include the titles of your dissertation or thesis here.
Grants, Honors and Awards: a list of grants received, honors bestowed upon you for your work, and awards you may have received for teaching or service.
Publications and Presentations: a list of your published articles and books, as well presentations given at conferences. If there are many of both, you might consider having one section for publications and another for presentations.
Employment and Experience: this section may include separate lists of teaching experiences, laboratory experiences, field experiences, volunteer work, leadership, or other relevant experiences.
Scholarly or Professional Memberships: a listing of the professional organizations of which you are a member. If you have held an office or position in a particular organization, you can either say so here or leave this information for the experience section.
References: a list of persons who write letters of recommendations for you, which includes their contact information. |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 128
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 06:57 pm: | |
"One Page" and "CV" don't go together. A CV is intended to be very in depth. My CV is several dozen pages in length.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru |
Phil Kabza
Senior Member
Username: phil_kabza
Post Number: 567
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016 - 05:47 pm: | |
Frankly, I'd skip the goals and objectives and company ethics statements and such. That kind of copy reads like a realtor's house description (or a just-out-of-college resume). Your firm is being considered as a contracting party to provide specifications. Tell them where you've worked, what you've done, and tell them what makes you different from others, if anything. Send a sample custom spec section and tell them why it is good (they may not know) List your project experience, with emphasis on project types represented on their website. That should be enough. |
Sheldon Wolfe
Senior Member
Username: sheldon_wolfe
Post Number: 910
Registered: 01-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016 - 06:53 pm: | |
Tell them they'll get a set of these if they sign up within ten days.
http://bit.ly/1LVhCIK |
Dave Metzger
Senior Member
Username: davemetzger
Post Number: 631
Registered: 07-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016 - 07:27 pm: | |
Another one of your cutting remarks, eh Sheldon? |
Sheldon Wolfe
Senior Member
Username: sheldon_wolfe
Post Number: 911
Registered: 01-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016 - 09:19 pm: | |
Pretty sharp, Dave! |
Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate
Senior Member
Username: lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 2079
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2016 - 11:15 pm: | |
And just in the knick of time. |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 132
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 03:26 pm: | |
Phil: I agree with you. To make a comparison to product literature, David should not send a sales sheet, but a technical data sheet.
Sheldon: I ordered a set of these knives once. When they arrived, I discovered the blades were plastic. They were the actual size shown on the computer monitor (approx 3" overall). And not only were they LIKE the ones shown on TV, they were the very ones shown on TV and still had food crumbs on them. Be cafeful to read the specs.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru |
Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC
Senior Member
Username: redseca2
Post Number: 540
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:33 pm: | |
Michael,
I get all my kitchen knives at E. Dehillrin in Paris. Getting there is half the fun.
http://fxcuisine.com/Default.asp?language=2&Display=7&resolution=high |
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