Suggested PHS Veterinary Category CV Format - 2006

Header: Name, date, PHS#; page x of x

CV Summary Sheet - 2006

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name with degrees (professional and postdoctoral and board certifications)
PHS ID number
Current mailing address (home or work – your choice)
Current telephone number
Current e-mail address
Current rank (temporary and permanent)

ACADEMIC TRAINING AND EDUCATION

 Undergraduate Education – Degree, Institution, Date, Major

 Graduate Education – Degree, Institution, Date, Major, thesis or dissertation title

 Postgraduate Education –

*Degree, Institution, Date, Major, thesis or dissertation title or
  *Non-degreed residency program(s), i.e. lab animal or pathology, or
  *Other advanced/specialized expertise programs
Board Certification – Year of certification

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

*Advanced public health course work or succinct summary of relevant public health experience
*Leadership, management, or career development courses & training (e.g., EIS, etc.)
*Succinct summary of relevant leadership experiences 

 *List all PHS positions and other appropriate professional experience outside of PHS. 
*List in reverse chronological order starting with your current position. 
*List significant TDY assignments.
*Include the following information:
-Dates, Position title, Agency, Location
-Billet title and rating
-Duties and responsibilities:
*Each description should demonstrate your progression in responsibility, ability and independence which can be represented by including the number and type of people supervised (their civil service grade or Corps rank), amount of money you controlled, your major accomplishments and their overall impact on public health. 
*Brevity is stressed and can be facilitated with bullet statements or short sentences.
*The impact of your work should be considered and quantified whenever possible.
 -Collateral Duties and responsibilities:
  *Mission related activities

READINESS STATUS

*Readiness level - Basic, Intermediate or Advanced
* Readiness Responses
 -List by “name” of event and date range of time spent supporting the response.  Give a brief description of your involvement with the response and any special attributes, recognition, etc. that hi-light your contributions during the response.

*Vet PAC involvement
*Associate Recruiter program
*BOTC/IOTC
*Mentoring activities
*Other PHS CC activities, i.e. color guard, ensemble, aide-de-camp, commissioning boards, etc.

*Organization name; affiliation (i.e. member, board of director, etc.); other participation (i.e. committee name, special projects, and position held or journal editing/reviewing); dates of involvement.

*For ALL provide name of award, date awarded or recommended (if pending), a brief, one line description of the activity/purpose for the award, and list in reverse chronological order.

PHS Honor Awards:
*Presented for duty related activities

 PHS Service Awards
 *Presented for PHS CC support activities

Non-PHS Honor Awards:
*Include name of presenting organization, i.e. military branch

Other Honors:
*May include exceptional proficiency promotions, academic appointments, fellowships, etc.

State Licensure(s)
*State, expiration date

Certifications/Credentials
*EMT, HAZMAT; ATLS; Foreign Animal Disease Training; USDA Accreditation; provide name
and year of training/certification

Assimilation status
*List one of the following: Regular Corps, application submitted or application recommended

*Professional CE meetings or other training that contributed to at least 18 hours of CE for each year
*Course/meeting/organization name, year of attendance, CE credits
*Only the most recent 5 years

*Consider separate subsections for presentations, posters, abstracts.
*For presentations, list the title, the occasion, (e.g., conference), city, date, and “invited” if applicable.  *List only “selected” work that highlights career progression and/or five most recent years of career.

*List all journal publications in reverse chronological order noting the author(s), title, journal, volume number, page, and date published.

*Use 12 pt font size and Arial, Times New Roman or Courier font types for ease of reading.

*Use 1 inch margins on top, bottom and sides.

*BOLDING Tips:
-Do use it to highlight section headings to help them stand out.
-Don’t use for narrative text, as this is hard to read on the computer screen.

*BULLET statements are encouraged, but should be coherent.