Professor resume keywords
What a professor resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.
Also covers: Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Adjunct Professor, Academic.
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Skills and keywords
These are the terms most consistently used to screen professor applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.
Example bullets
Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.
- Taught N courses a year to N+ students in subject.
- Published N papers in journals.
- Won amount in grant funding for project.
Verbs that signal ownership
Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”: