About the Event
This event is split into 3 afternoons and will consist of:
- Webinar: May 7th 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM (Taipei time)
- Practical workshop part 1: May 8th 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Taipei time)
- Practical workshop part 2: May 9th 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Taipei time)
It is possible to attend either the webinar or the workshop, or both.
There is an emerging consensus that the traditional academic curriculum vitae format is poorly aligned with current principles for research assessment, favoring shortcuts -such as inappropriate research metrics- and penalizing applicants with non-traditional career paths. Research funding agencies and recruiters are adopting new formats that incorporate narrative elements, either supplementing or substituting the standard CV. Narrative CVs allow candidates to explain career choices, breaks, and contributions to collaborative projects, as well as professional activities with a broader impact on the scientific community or the society at large, thus producing a comprehensive portrait of their career and professional skills. The value of identifying and highlighting achievements and skills in a narrative form goes beyond the narrative CV itself, as it prepares candidates to apply for roles outside academia and improves the writing of cover letters and the performance in job interviews.
All stages of writing a narrative CV will be covered:
- Introduction to the narrative CV;
- CV and cover letter workshop;
- Narrative CV formats;
- Narrative CV reception.
Participants provide their standard CV and a cover letter before the course. After the course, participants are invited to provide a full version of their narrative CV to receive individual feedback.
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About the trainers:
Thiago Carvalho received his Ph.D. at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Lisbon, Portugal) in 2003 and postdoctoral training at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, both in immunology. Dr. Carvalho was Head of Graduate Programs for the Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Graduate Studies Coordinator for the Champalimaud Foundation, and senior scientific editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
David del Álamo received his PhD in developmental biology at the Severe Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology in Madrid and postdoctoral training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Dr. del Alamo was the head of the EMBO Fellowship Programme, scientific editor for The EMBO Journal, EMBO reports and Review Commons, and scientific consultant for The Journal of Cell Biology and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
