How do you write a resume for a college professor position?

The objective should be tailored to the type of position you're applying for - whether it's more teaching or research-based. For example, "Distinguished professional looking to secure a teaching position with Redwood University where I can apply my five years of teaching experience and skills in communication, leadership, and lecturing.

Next, provide information on your educational credentials. Be sure to include information such as Year of completion or expected completion (no starting dates), degree type, major and minors (if applicable), department and institution, honors and awards, dissertation/thesis title, and advisor.

If you have any relevant professional experience relevant to the position, include them in a section titled 'Professional Appointments.' This section is similar to a resume work experience section. You need to include the job title, university, years taught, and a few core accomplishments in it.

For example, "Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of XYZ: Taught a total of 20 undergraduate and seven postgraduate courses, mainly focused on research methods in political science, as well as comparative politics. Supervised 10 MA theses."

After that, you'll want to include any publications you may have. Divide your peer-reviewed publications into further subcategories in the following order: books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, contributions to edited volumes equivalent to peer-reviewed journals. If you don't have any publications, you can skip this section.

The next sections to follow should include - Awards and Honors, Grants and Fellowships, and Conferences. In these sections, start by listing your latest award or honor, and continue in reverse chronological order, listing the name of the achievement, the year you received it, and the institution which granted it.

In the conference section, include a separate listing for any talks or panels you may have served on and another for any posters you presented.

There should be one section dedicated to teaching experience. To do this, you're going to want to include separate groupings that list the undergraduate and graduate-level courses and list what those courses were.

Finally, be sure to include a list of your skills in any additional languages you teach in and finish by listing at least three professional references and their contact information and title.