Make an academic CV
The long form record, with the sections academia expects and no page limit.
An academic CV is not a long resume. It leads with education, then appointments, and then the record that a hiring committee actually reads: publications, conference presentations, teaching, supervision, grants and referees. It runs to as many pages as your career needs. This lays out all of those sections properly, in a restrained style that looks like it came out of a typesetting system rather than a design app.
How to make an academic CV
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Choose the CV document
It reorders the whole document: education first, then appointments, then the academic sections.
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Fill in the academic record
Publications, conferences, teaching, supervision, grants and awards. Keep one citation style throughout and stay in it.
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Add referees and download
Referees with their position and institution, then download. Save the file of your details so next year is an edit rather than a rebuild.
Why not use the resume layout
A resume answers "can you do this job", a CV answers "what is your record". The order and the sections are different, and submitting one where the other is expected reads as not knowing the field.
Frequently asked questions
How long should an academic CV be?+
As long as the record is. Two pages early on, ten or more later. Trimming it to fit a page limit is a resume habit that does not apply here.
Which template suits a CV?+
Classic. It is deliberately plain and close to the LaTeX look that academic readers are used to, which is what you want for a document read by a committee.
How should I list publications?+
Newest first, in one consistent citation style, with your own name in the author list rather than replaced by an initial. Consistency matters more than which style you pick.
Is my CV uploaded?+
No. Your unpublished work, your grants and your referees stay in your browser.