New "publication": My CV of Failures! http:// princeton.edu/haushofer
CV of failures: Princeton professor publishes résumé of his career lows
Johannes Haushofer bravely posts document listing degree programs he did not get in to and academic positions he did not get.
A professor at Princeton University has published a CV listing his career failures on Twitter, in an attempt to “balance the record” and encourage others to keep trying in the face of disappointment.
Johannes Haushofer , who is an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs at the university in New Jersey, posted his unusual CV on Twitter last week. The document contains sections titled Degree programs I did not get into, Research funding I did not get and Paper rejections from academic journals.
Johannes Haushofer @jhaushofer
It also includes Academic positions and fellowships I did not get and Awards and scholarships I did not get.
Haushofer wrote that he created the document to “give some perspective”.
“Most of what I try fails, but these failures are often invisible, while the successes are visible,” he wrote.
“I have noticed that this sometimes gives others the impression that most things work out for me.
“As a result, they are more likely to attribute their own failures to themselves, rather than the fact that the world is stochastic, applications are crapshoots, and selection committees and referees have bad days.”
Steve Song @stevesong
One of the most strangely inspirational things I have ever read is this CV of failures. @ jhaushofer is my new hero https://www. princeton.edu/haushofer/Joha nnes_Haushofer_CV_of_Failures.pdf …
Kathleen Searles @kesearles
This is a beautiful thing, a CV of failures: http://www. princeton.edu/haushofer/Joha nnes_Haushofer_CV_of_Failures.pdf … ht @ hjghassell
Annemarie Dooling ✔ @TravelingAnna
Thank you thank you thank you to the Princeton psychology professor who posted a resume of failures online http://www. independent.co.uk/news/business/ news/a-princeton-psychology-professor-has-posted-his-cv-of-failures-online-a7006701.html …
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Haushofer said the idea came from an article by Melanie Stefan , an academic at Edinburgh University.
The CV of failures was, of course, embraced on Twitter as “inspiring”, “brilliant” and “beautiful”.
The flurry of interest led Haushofer to his crowning “meta-failure”.
“This darn CV of Failures has received way more attention that my entire body of academic work.”
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I wonder how many of us would be able to write the lows of our CV? Personally I have a few, such as that promotion to Operations Manager I didn't get at Perrigo. Not having my contract renewed by Nestle for absenteeism. Not smart enough (or dumb enough) to pursue a chance at U of M. Not re-enlisting in the USAF when I had the chance.
It seems to me that when putting a CV together (which I am glad to say I'll never have to do again) it is a lot easier to list the positives, but I wonder how many really remember (or want to think about) the negatives? I'm just glad I don't have to do one on my life in general and not just academic and life's winners and losers.
Life has had its peaks and troughs for me as well, Randy. I could list the failures as well as the accomplishments - but thankfully it was always a moving forward to something new, often better.
I've got to admire the gumption of someone who has the nerve to write this ...
I think I could do a professional one. But a personal one? No way in hell.
Then again, like most people I suspect, I've done a personal one hundreds of times in my life.