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Translating Your Academic CV to Industry Language - A Narrative Approach to Showcasing Your Experience

1.5鈥慔our Interactive Workshop | A Career Bridge & SGS聽Collaboration

Many graduate students are being asked, sometimes for the first time, to move beyond traditional academic CVs and explain their work in narrative form. Whether you鈥檙e applying for funding that requires a聽narrative CV聽or exploring industry roles that expect a concise, skills鈥慺ocused r茅sum茅, the challenge is often the same:聽how do you clearly explain what you do, why it matters, and what value you bring?

This workshop introduces narrative CVs as a practical and transferable framework for communicating your academic experience across both academic and non鈥慳cademic contexts. Because narrative CVs are still new to many graduate students, and increasingly required by major funders (TriAgency), this session offers guidance, examples and structured practice to help you feel more confident using them. You鈥檒l also learn how the same storytelling principles underpin effective industry r茅sum茅s.

Rather than treating academic and industry applications as separate, this workshop helps you build a strong professional narrative that can be adapted for funding applications, r茅sum茅s, cover letters, and interviews.

In this workshop, you will:

  • Understand聽how narrative CVs and industry r茅sum茅s rely on similar storytelling principles
  • Practice translating research, teaching, leadership, and service into clear impact鈥慺ocused narratives
  • Learn how to move from listing activities to explaining聽contributions, outcomes, and skills
  • Gain strategies for adapting one professional story across academic and industry contexts

This workshop is ideal for master鈥檚 students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral scholars who are encountering narrative CVs for funding applications, curious about industry careers, or both. Co-Led by a Career Bridge Career Coach, Andres Banda Penafiel聽and Manager, Graduate Student Engagement, Megan H茅bert, the session includes relatable examples, guided exercises, and time for reflection and questions. No prior experience with narrative CVs or a polished r茅sum茅聽is required.

Please register to let us know you will attend:聽


Contact:

School of Graduate Studies | sgscomms@uleth.ca