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Ten simple rules for giving an effective academic job talk
- Source :
- PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e1007163 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2019.
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Abstract
- You’ve finally completed your dissertation research and have your PhD in hand—yay! Maybe you’re also in the middle of a postdoctoral position. If you’re reading this article, chances are you are actively searching for and applying for faculty positions. (Check out reference [1] if you’re early in the application process and [2] for additional advice!) Unfortunately, many graduate students and postdocs are not taught the skills necessary for acquiring a faculty position after passing the “looks good on paper” part of the application and securing an on-campus interview. One of the last crucial steps in earning a faculty position is your academic job talk. No matter how great of a scientist you are, if you cannot give a compelling job talk, chances are low that you will be hired. Yet many candidates receive little guidance on how to ace this unique and vital test. To help address this gap, we have put together these ten simple rules that will help you give an effective job talk. To be clear, these are rules developed for the academic job talk in a research-heavy department, which is typically in a seminar format. These rules are not targeted toward other formats such as chalk talks or teaching demonstrations, although some pointers may still apply. We are a group primarily composed of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) faculty, postdocs, and graduate students who participated in two recent job searches in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. We evaluated ten job talks over the span of 2 months and discussed their strengths and weaknesses in a weekly seminar course. These ten rules are based on our discussions of what worked (and what didn’t) across the variety of job talks we observed, as well as our various experiences on the job market and search committees over the years.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Science and Technology Workforce
Economics
Social Sciences
Careers in Research
Graduates
0302 clinical medicine
Simple (abstract algebra)
Reading (process)
Biology (General)
Workplace
media_common
Careers
Ecology
4. Education
Biological Evolution
Faculty
Los Angeles
Test (assessment)
Professions
Editorial
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Research Design
Modeling and Simulation
Educational Status
Psychology
Employment
Process (engineering)
QH301-705.5
Science Policy
media_common.quotation_subject
Research Grants
Jobs
Research and Analysis Methods
Job market
Research Funding
03 medical and health sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Genetics
Humans
Education, Graduate
Students
Molecular Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Medical education
Evolutionary Biology
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Biology and Life Sciences
Computational Biology
Variety (linguistics)
Work Engagement
030104 developmental biology
Labor Economics
People and Places
Job Application
Position (finance)
Scientists
Population Groupings
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Strengths and weaknesses
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15537358 and 1553734X
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS Computational Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f807b1f49bfa5e7a558a64e98b60f164