- Personal information: Name, contact information (home address, cell phone number, email address)
- Education and training
- Work history
- Certifications
- Licenses and DEA registration
- Professional memberships
- Publications (optional)
Freud's Insights on Your Personal Brand and Crafting Your CV
April 13th, 2012 2 Min readFreud's Insights is a new blog series from our resident Freud, Johnna, a search consultant in the surgery permanent placement division.
Have you ever had a conversation with a person whose body language or tone of voice motivated you to question the validity or sincerity of their words? For example, they may have been wishing you a "nice day" but from their tone of voice and folded arms, you questioned if they really meant what they said.
This is how I feel when physicians tell me they are organized, but their CVs are hard to navigate due to poor organization or missing information. I feel the same way when doctors tell me they have modern skills and send me CVs with old typefaces, old-fashioned formatting, or worse — typos — since virtually all modern word-processing packages offer spell-check capabilities.
The appearance of a CV should reinforce what you articulate about your skill set, strengths, and personal brand.
Beyond the appearance, the content also has to reinforce what you want to convey about yourself. Some physicians include too much information; others too little. A good CV is not only easy to navigate, but it also includes the information that a potential employer will look for, including:
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