I was curious as to how this would play in to whether or not to use a resume or CV. I'm for certain my undergrad and graduate research will be published, and the research I will be doing this summer may or not be, but I would like to be able to mention it in some way or another in the future.
I'd also be joining a club/society by summer's end to add, as well, as it's not necessarily pertinent to add, but worthwhile to join and mention.
Given that CVs can be longer, you can be more flexable as to what you put down under your academic qualifications. On a resume, it is best to just be like
Central College
B.A. Philosophy
GPA: 3.0
whereas on a CV, you can throw in stuff like dean's list awards, GPA within your major, and stuff about research. Like
Central University
M.Sc. Biology
GPA: 3.5
GPA in Major: 3.68
Thesis Project:
Gay is Genitic!
Deans List multiple semesters
Here's actually what I hav done, and I think if you've got a lot of academic research that you think
might get published:
Chalk it up and buy your own domain name. Build a very simple website, that appears both personal and professional. If you don't know the basics of setting up such a thing (you'll want to have like www (dot) roguerobot (dot) com and not www (dot) geocities (dot) com/roguerobot if you want to look good) since it's not all point-and-click construction, I'm sure you can find a friend or aquantence to do it for you.
But you'll want just a simple site, with:
- 2-3 paragraph summary of where you've been and where you want to go
- A link to a page about your hobbies and interests
- a link to a page of your favourite links
- a link to a page, from where your writings can be obtained
This last one is very important, becuase you can, for example, put up .doc or .pdf files of stuff you've written (such as a thesis project or summer research effort), powerpoint presentations, regardless of whether it's published.
And then you reference your website on your CV. Example:
Central University
M.S. Biology
GPA: 3.5
GPA in Major: 3.68
Thesis Project:
Gay is Genitic!*
*available:www (dot) roguerobot (dot) com
I've had great success with this, and it does make you appear very organized and professional.
As for clubs and stuff, I wouldn't put stuff on a resume, unless it's like science olympiad or something truly strong. Other stuff I find best just to fit in during the interview.