PEP-CV will be an open resource to bring the community together and provide peer-mentoring
Many funders and institutions around the world use narrative-style CVs, but feedback from researchers underscores the need for more guidance and understanding of what a “good” CV looks like. As a CV is highly dependent on the experiences, achievements, and expertise of the writer, the ideal CV should be personalized and unique to the individual. Individual peer-to-peer mentoring on how to select and present achievements and experiences is, therefore, the ideal next step to augment currently available resources and support individuals in evaluations they face in their career.
PEP-CV is a platform to support the ongoing adoption of narrative-style CVs found across the globe through fostering peer-mentorship activities, and to provide space for discussion around a broader range of career pathways and research outputs to ensure they are adequately articulated in narrative-style CVs. It is open to everyone in the research and innovation ecosystem and is based on the values of collaboration, openness, collegiality, diversity, and inclusion.
The platform is a collaboration between six funding agencies (FNR, NWO, SFI, SNSF, UKRI, Wellcome) and two researcher groups (MCAA and YAE). The funders involved already require narrative-style CVs in their funding programmes, and these countries have researchers who can already contribute to PEP-CV as mentors. As more researchers write and evaluate a broader set of achievements and experiences, more mentors will join and help grow the platform.
PEP-CV – An open peer-exchange platform for writing Narrative-style CVs