2 Questions- title, resume

[shakaijintim]

These questions may both seem dumb, but I'm asking anyway

Comments

[tisiphone]

1) I'd say Prof. X, as first you can't be assured they have a doctorate and second some people are touchy about that.

2) I would never attach a photo to a resume or CV, personally. As far as I'm concerned that's totally unprofessional.

[tisiphone]

Ugh. I think I'd seriously think twice about applying for a school that requested a photo. There's absolutely no intellectual or academic justification for it.

[shakaijintim]

2) yeah, i thought it odd, too. The field I work in isn't law or b-school, though. My picture is currently on mine, but only because I sent it to an old professor I was asking for a letter of recommendation. I figured him seeing my face may help jog his memory since I couldn't ask him in person. I'm about to print it to include with application materials and wasn't sure whether to leave it on or not.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

[circumfession]

1. My field (the humanities) is probably a bit more casual. I use first name last name in my statement, and that seemed to be the norm among fellow Ph.D applicants.

2. I've heard that this is normal for some job applications/programs in other countries (I find that very thought to be horrifying), but I DEFINITELY wouldn't do it for US or UK programs.

[intextrovert]

Glad to hear that about the first name/last name thing in English! That's what I did, but this thread was starting to get me worried.

[circumfession]

I used Professor X in my first draft, and was told by several of my (quite successful) colleagues and professors to stop the formality.

In grad school, when I called one of my professors Prof X, he turned around, scanned the room, tugged on his collar, and said, "who me? Please don't. My douchebag uncle insists on making everyone call him Dr. so-and-so. I go by (first name)."

:P

[intextrovert]

Haha, that's amazing! I approve of any prof who uses the term "douchebag uncle" in class.

[agentdanger]

Strange that so many programs seem to require it! In most application/resume-submission situations, an enclosed photo would be considered completely unprofessional. I would advise against submitting a photo.

[shakaijintim]

none of the programs I'm applying to require it. I had just noticed at work (part of my job is screening graduate applicants) that some have photos and some don't and was wondering what was standard/best practice.

[agentdanger]

yes, my comment was a bit unclear--i was referring to the programs listed above by other commenters.

And now for something completely different....

[homericlaughter]

I used Drs. So-and-so when I could confirm that all the faculty I mentioned held doctorates. I referred to everyone by Firstnames Lastnames if there was an exception. Consistency is key.

In some circles, it's considered a bit gauche to refer to faculty as Professor So-and-so until they've actually attained the title of full professor.

It shouldn't be too hard to find out if someone has a doctorate or not, either via the department website or a Google search.

Re: And now for something completely different....

[hkitsune]

This is what I did.