ABSTRACT
Almost all scientists, even very good, very experienced ones, have to learn how to cope with rejection. Their ideas might be rejected by their supervisors; their papers might be rejected by reviewers and editors; and later on in their careers their applications for funding might be rejected by funding agencies and they themselves might be rejected for promotion or a new job they applied for. Scientist’s strategy for coping with this rejection needs to be do not give up – keep trying – and improve their Curriculum Vitae (CV). There are two ways that scientists can improve their CV and application. One is the obvious one: publish more papers, give presentations at conferences and use these for networking, and do some teaching, especially if they are seeking a university position that will involve a significant amount of teaching, as many do. The second way is less obvious: improve the presentation of scientists’ application and CV.
