CV and Cover Letter Skills for Roles beyond Academia


Pre-booking is essential for this event, as numbers are limited. To register, please login to CareerConnect and search for the event, then click on ‘Book Now’ by noon on Monday 8th May. If you book and later find you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking to enable someone else to take your place. If you book and later find you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking to enable someone else to take your place. If you have any particular requirements, that may help you to access this event, then please do share them with us prior to attending by contacting reception@careers.ox.ac.uk or telephone 01865 274646.

This intensive workshop on producing effective CVs and Cover Letters is specifically for research staff and doctoral students, considering jobs in the policy, commercial, public or other non-academic sectors.

Using a mix of individual and informal small group exercises, we will; understand and recognise the characteristics of effective CVs and cover letters; critique the strengths and weaknesses of our own and colleagues’ draft CVs and cover letters