CV question

[jvoges]

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Hi, I am updating my CV as I prepare to apply to clinical psych programs, and I was wondering whether it is appropriate to note research papers for which I was not an author, but received acknowledgments for my help with lit searches and manuscript preparation.

Thanks!

 

[voyeurofthemind]

Hi, I am updating my CV as I prepare to apply to clinical psych programs, and I was wondering whether it is appropriate to note research papers for which I was not an author, but received acknowledgments for my help with lit searches and manuscript preparation.

Thanks!

My sense is no. This may be viewed as CV "padding". This would be well suited for a section on your CV under "research experience". In that section I would list the studies you worked on and your primary responsibilities/duties. Best of luck in the upcoming app cycle.

 

[PsychPhDone]

I noted my responsibilities for each lab I was involved with, so if you do your CV this way, you can say that you helped with lit searches.

 

[paramour]

^^ +1. What these guys said. Acknowledgements are nifty but don't pad your CV. I presume you have a "research experiences" (or similarly titled) section that includes your work on that manuscript... so leave it to that section. Or, if you don't have it in that section that you helped with the lit review, make darned sure you add it now.

 

[futureapppsy2]

^^ +1. What these guys said. Acknowledgements are nifty but don't pad your CV. I presume you have a "research experiences" (or similarly titled) section that includes your work on that manuscript... so leave it to that section. Or, if you don't have it in that section that you helped with the lit review, make darned sure you add it now.

Agree 100%.

 

[jvoges]

Thanks everyone!

 

[sandy1]

You are not the author but you have experience in those researches. So you can include it in the research experience section but keep this section in the first page of your CV!!

 

[Pragma]

^^ +1. What these guys said. Acknowledgements are nifty but don't pad your CV. I presume you have a "research experiences" (or similarly titled) section that includes your work on that manuscript... so leave it to that section. Or, if you don't have it in that section that you helped with the lit review, make darned sure you add it now.

I never really saw the point of acknowledgements for people...there is no tangible value. I think they'd be niftier if they had more value. How would you list it, anyhow?

If there's a good way to do it, more power to you! I had a couple of these when I applied for grad school, and I personally didn't include them on my CV. But I did mention my research assistant roles.

 

[paramour]

I never really saw the point of acknowledgements for people...there is no tangible value. I think they'd be niftier if they had more value. How would you list it, anyhow?

If there's a good way to do it, more power to you! I had a couple of these when I applied for grad school, and I personally didn't include them on my CV. But I did mention my research assistant roles.

I should have clarified (these *would be* nifty *if* they did indeed count for anything worth a darned). 😀

And I've seen people list them on their CVs as they would any other manuscript, but with (acknowledgement) noted like you would for something "in press." 🙄

 

[Pragma]

I should have clarified (these *would be* nifty *if* they did indeed count for anything worth a darned). 😀

And I've seen people list them on their CVs as they would any other manuscript, but with (acknowledgement) noted like you would for something "in press." 🙄

Oh wow, that seems very misleading to me. But I am not going to say anymore...😳

 

[futureapppsy2]

Oh wow, that seems very misleading to me. But I am not going to say anymore...😳

Yeah, that seems super sketchy to me, tbh.

 

[paramour]

Oh wow, that seems very misleading to me. But I am not going to say anymore...😳

Yeah, that seems super sketchy to me, tbh.

I don't disagree. 😉

 

[Pragma]

I don't disagree. 😉

Ok I can't help myself. CV padding is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I saw a CV that used an acknowledgement, or even an abstract (published after an INS poster session, let's say) listed under your publications, I would immediately discard that CV.

Others aren't as extreme as I am, but I personally think it is better to be straightforward, with no fancy "selling yourself" crap, especially when you start misrepresenting your accomplishments.

 

[paramour]

Ok I can't help myself. CV padding is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I saw a CV that used an acknowledgement, or even an abstract (published after an INS poster session, let's say) listed under your publications, I would immediately discard that CV.

Others aren't as extreme as I am, but I personally think it is better to be straightforward, with no fancy "selling yourself" crap, especially when you start misrepresenting your accomplishments.

The acknowledgements thing was an eye-opener the first time I saw it. Then I continued seeing it. Not sure why.

As for abstracts, I've seen prospective faculty members CVs who have them posted. This one seems to be a bit more up in the air (at least for earlier/newer/less experienced professionals?).

 

[Pragma]

The acknowledgements thing was an eye-opener the first time I saw it. Then I continued seeing it. Not sure why.

As for abstracts, I've seen prospective faculty members CVs who have them posted. This one seems to be a bit more up in the air (at least for earlier/newer/less experienced professionals?).

Well I should clarify - there is padding and there is misrepresenting.

With padding, that's when peoples' CVs are way longer than they should be. Like when a second year graduate student has a CV longer than mine, with only 10% the actual publications or experience.

For misrepresenting - that would be to me pretending that your acknowledgement or published abstract is the same thing as a peer reviewed journal article. Put the abstract in a separate section. Don't pretend being acknowledged means being an author. The only purpose for putting an abstract in with publications, to me, is to make your abstract look like it is something more than it actually is - an abstract.

Off my soapbox 🙂

Edit: If you are fairly new and say, have 1 pub and 1 abstract or something, you might not want two sections. So maybe call your section "Publications and Abstracts" or something. Personally, I think abstracts should go with "Presentations" - maybe called "Presentations and Abstracts" or something. I actually don't list my abstracts on my CV, because they all were from presentations I did at conferences. I don't want to be seen as double-dipping.