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发帖数: 357 | 1 How To Do a Research Talk for Job Interview
Hey, it’s Dr. Liu here again. In this video I will show you how to do a
research talk for an academic position job interview.
First of all, we need to be clear about the objective of a job talk. The No.
1 objective is not to demonstrate you competence. It is not another defense
of your work. The No 1 objective is to persuade the employer that you are a
good fit for the position being advertised. You must demonstrate your
ability to contribute to the institution, and your ability and willingness
to collaborate as a potential colleague. What matters is not only your
qualification, but also your maturity, flexibility, and maybe teaching
ability. The fact that you are invited to do the interview means that the
employer has already accepted your qualification. Now it is time to focus on
something more specific.
Therefore, I suggest to include the following three key parts in a typical
job talk. The first part is about them. It is about the institution, and the
position being advertised. Before we talk about our qualifications, we ‘d
better talk about them first. There are two reasons to do that. First, it
will demonstrate your enthusiasm for the job. The employer needs to know you
are serious bout the job, you really like the job and plan to stay here if
they hire you. They do not want to hire a person who is likely to leave
whenever there is another better option, after they have made an investment
in you. Second, your knowledge on the institution and the position can also
demonstrate your ability to do some basic research.
In this part, you want to image you are already part of them, think in their
position. In order to do that, before you go to the interview, you need to
research the position, research the institution as much as possible. What is
going on in the institution? What are the core facilities in this
institution? What are the goals of the department, or the college? You may
want to identify at least one challenge they are facing. What you can do to
help them to achieve their goal? Give them your vision for the future. The
key is to demonstrate that you have done your homework. You want to make the
audience believe that you understand this department, understand its goal,
and you are eager to make a contribution. Preparing one presentation and
hope it will work for job talks for different positions will not work. You
always need to tailor your talk to the specific position, and make it clear
you really want the job.
In the second part, you talk about yourself. You want to highlight your
strength that is relevant to the specific position. You do not need to talk
everything you have done. You want to be selective and focused. Limit the
scope. Make sure the audience can understand your work in the limited amount
of time. At least, you should make your introduction and summary
understandable to most of the audience. Here, you want to demonstrate you
are a good teacher, you are able to hold the attention of a room, even if
the advertised position may have no teaching responsibilities. Of course,
you can add a some technic details in your results to demonstrate you are a
real expert. Here, the key is to demonstrate your are a major player in your
field. You have connections in you discipline, and you understand the
funding mechanisms you might go for. You are independent, you have your own
ideas, you could present them energetically, and you are exited to get your
ideas into the public realm. In this part, you may also include some
personal stories, adding some human elements, and thus make your
presentation more influential.
Last, you want to talk about the fit. Can you fit in this particular
environment? What are your solutions for the challenges they are facing? In
this part, you need to demonstrate your collegiality. You need to know your
audience. You need to be interested in your future colleagues. It may be a
good idea to find inspirations in other people’s work, or to connect your
disciplinary interests with community outreach. You want to situate your
research interest in the context of the host institution. How your research
agenda might bridge with other faculty members in the institution? How your
research interest might fit into this department? You may also demonstrate
your interest in being involved with the local community.
In summary, in a typical job talk, it is not all about you. You need to
understand your audience, speak to them based on who they are, what they do,
and how they define the job ad. If you don’t care enough to do that, you
don’t deserve the job. One more thing, you want to be strict with the time
limit they give you, and you want to make it clear, are you expected to do a
pure research talk or it should also include a teaching element? Different
institution may have different requirements.
Thanks for watching, I am Dr. Liu with research tips for the underdogs.
Until next time, let’s be well prepared for the next job interview.
嘿，这是刘博士。在这个视频中，我将向您展示如何进行学术职位面试的研究谈话。
首先，我们需要明确工作谈话的目标。第一目标不是证明你的能力。这不是你工作的另
一个辩护。第一个目标是说服雇主你很适合所宣传的职位。您必须证明自己有能力为该
机构做出贡献，以及您作为潜在同事合作的能力和意愿。重要的不仅仅是您的资格，还
有您的成熟度，灵活性和教学能力。您被邀请参加面试的事实意味着雇主已经接受了您
的资格。现在是时候专注于更具体的事情了。
因此，我建议在典型的工作谈话中包括以下三个关键部分。第一部分是关于他们的。这
是关于机构，以及广告的立场。在我们谈论我们的资格之前，我们最好先谈谈它们。这
样做有两个原因。首先，它将展示您对工作的热情。雇主需要知道你是严肃的工作，你
真的很喜欢这份工作，如果他们雇用你，他们打算留在这里。在他们对你进行投资之后
，他们不想聘请一个有可能在有更好的选择时离开的人。其次，您对机构和职位的了解
也可以证明您进行基础研究的能力。
在这部分中，你想要成像你已经是他们的一部分，想一想他们的位置。为了做到这一点
，在你去面试之前，你需要研究这个职位，尽可能地研究这个机构。机构里发生了什么
？这个机构的核心设施是什么？该部门或学院的目标是什么？您可能想要确定他们面临
的至少一个挑战。您可以做些什么来帮助他们实现目标？给他们你对未来的愿景。关键
是要证明你已经完成了你的功课。您希望让观众相信您了解这个部门，了解其目标，并
且您渴望做出贡献。准备一个演示文稿并希望它能用于不同职位的工作会谈是行不通的
。你总是需要根据具体位置定制你的谈话，并明确表示你真的想要这份工作。
在第二部分，你谈谈自己。您想要突出显示与特定位置相关的力量。你不需要谈论你所
做的一切。你想要有选择性和专注。限制范围。确保观众能够在有限的时间内理解您的
工作。至少，您应该让大多数观众都能理解您的介绍和摘要。在这里，你想要证明你是
一位好老师，即使广告中的职位可能没有教学责任，你也能够引起一个房间的注意。当
然，您可以在结果中添加一些技术细节，以证明您是真正的专家。在这里，关键是要证
明你是自己领域的主要参与者。你有自己的纪律联系，你了解你可能会采取的资助机制
。你是独立的，你有自己的想法，你可以精力充沛地展示它们，你就可以将你的想法带
入公共领域。在这一部分中，您还可以添加一些个人故事，添加一些人为因素，从而使
您的演示更具影响力。
最后，你想谈谈合适。你能适应这种特殊的环境吗？您面临的挑战是什么？在这部分中
，您需要证明您的合作。您需要了解您的受众群体。你需要对未来的同事感兴趣。在其
他人的工作中找到灵感，或将您的学科兴趣与社区外展联系起来可能是一个好主意。您
希望将您的研究兴趣置于主办机构的背景下。您的研究议程如何与该机构的其他教职员
工建立联系？您的研究兴趣如何适合该部门？您还可以证明您有兴趣参与当地社区。
总而言之，在典型的工作谈话中，并非全部与您有关。您需要了解您的受众群体，并根
据他们的身份，他们的工作以及他们如何定义招聘广告与他们交流。如果你不在乎这样
做，你就不配得到这份工作。还有一件事，你想严格限制他们给你的时间限制，你想说
清楚，你是否希望做一个纯粹的研究谈话，或者它还应该包括一个教学元素？不同的机
构可能有不同的要求。
感谢收看，我是刘博士，为失败者提供研究建议。直到下一次，让我们为下一次面试做
好充分准备。 |
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