Academic CV TemplatesClear, honest advice for the academic job market
Practical guides to academic CVs, cover letters and the move out of academia, written to UK and US conventions. Free to read, no sign-up wall.
The guides
The UK academic CV
How long it should run, what order the sections go in, how to lay out publications, and why referees belong on the document itself.
The US tenure-track CV
How search committees actually read a CV, what to leave off for compliance, and how to show a research programme rather than a list.
The academic cover letter
A four-paragraph structure that covers research, teaching and fit without repeating your CV back at the panel.
From PhD to industry
Translating research experience for recruiters who have never sat a viva, and cutting a four-page CV down to two.
If you want the formatting done for you
We sell editable CV and cover letter templates for every academic career stage, in Word, LaTeX and Google Docs, built to the same conventions these guides describe. They are on Etsy from £6.