Background Information For Graduate Career Advisor:
I'm planning to go on a highly uncertain 2021–2022 academic job market for tenure-track teaching positions and postdocs. But in the meantime, I need to find (temporary) employment to pay the bills and support myself for the next 12 months (at least). I'd like to find something by September 15 (or the end of September at the latest). However, I'm not sure which types of jobs to prioritize or how to market myself for them. I'd prefer to do something that takes advantage of my unique skill set rather than, say, working in the service industry.
Some jobs I'm considering: ontological engineer (e.g., at https://cyc.com/hiring/), instructional designer/curriculum developer, content writer/copywriter, publishing-related jobs (e.g., editorial assistant), film industry jobs (e.g., production assistant), tutoring, and substitute teaching. I started working on a resume but got stuck when I realized that I'd likely need several different resumes targeted for different types of jobs (see above).
Moreover, I'm not sure how to maximize the space on my resume. Specifically, I believe that I'm on the right track with my list of work experience, but I'm not sure what to do with the remaining 40% of the page. I can list publications, presentations, and so on, but will anyone care about those things without further information to contextualize them? And if these things need to be contextualized, I'm not sure how to do that.
For instance, in order to deliver each presentation, I had to organize my paper into a PowerPoint presentation, prepare responses to the criticisms of my assigned commentators, deliver my presentation along with my responses to my commentators, and then navigate further questions and criticisms during Q&A periods. But this description applies to all of my presentations. So, if I were to include a list of presentations, should I include this description at the top of the category? Or should I try to come up with a custom description for each presentation?
As for my publication, I'm not sure how to describe that. I had to do research, develop my arguments, respond to peer-review feedback, and so on. But I'm not sure how to make this information sound any cooler than that, and I'm not sure anyone would care about it.
Here is a rough draft of my resume: https://www.zachblaesi.com/uploads/8/6/5/0/86500854/blaesiresume.pdf
By contrast, my CV is fairly polished and contains additional information: https://www.zachblaesi.com/cv.html
Thank you for reading!
I'm planning to go on a highly uncertain 2021–2022 academic job market for tenure-track teaching positions and postdocs. But in the meantime, I need to find (temporary) employment to pay the bills and support myself for the next 12 months (at least). I'd like to find something by September 15 (or the end of September at the latest). However, I'm not sure which types of jobs to prioritize or how to market myself for them. I'd prefer to do something that takes advantage of my unique skill set rather than, say, working in the service industry.
Some jobs I'm considering: ontological engineer (e.g., at https://cyc.com/hiring/), instructional designer/curriculum developer, content writer/copywriter, publishing-related jobs (e.g., editorial assistant), film industry jobs (e.g., production assistant), tutoring, and substitute teaching. I started working on a resume but got stuck when I realized that I'd likely need several different resumes targeted for different types of jobs (see above).
Moreover, I'm not sure how to maximize the space on my resume. Specifically, I believe that I'm on the right track with my list of work experience, but I'm not sure what to do with the remaining 40% of the page. I can list publications, presentations, and so on, but will anyone care about those things without further information to contextualize them? And if these things need to be contextualized, I'm not sure how to do that.
For instance, in order to deliver each presentation, I had to organize my paper into a PowerPoint presentation, prepare responses to the criticisms of my assigned commentators, deliver my presentation along with my responses to my commentators, and then navigate further questions and criticisms during Q&A periods. But this description applies to all of my presentations. So, if I were to include a list of presentations, should I include this description at the top of the category? Or should I try to come up with a custom description for each presentation?
As for my publication, I'm not sure how to describe that. I had to do research, develop my arguments, respond to peer-review feedback, and so on. But I'm not sure how to make this information sound any cooler than that, and I'm not sure anyone would care about it.
Here is a rough draft of my resume: https://www.zachblaesi.com/uploads/8/6/5/0/86500854/blaesiresume.pdf
By contrast, my CV is fairly polished and contains additional information: https://www.zachblaesi.com/cv.html
Thank you for reading!