如何準備工作麵試中的演講

嘿，這是劉博士。在這個視頻中，我將向您展示如何進行學術職位麵試的研究談話。
首先，我們需要明確工作談話的目標。第一目標不是證明你的能力。這不是你工作的另一個辯護。第一個目標是說服雇主你很適合所宣傳的職位。您必須證明自己有能力為該機構做出貢獻，以及您作為潛在同事合作的能力和意願。重要的不僅僅是您的資格，還有您的成熟度，靈活性和教學能力。您被邀請參加麵試的事實意味著雇主已經接受了您的資格。現在是時候專注於更具體的事情了。
因此，我建議在典型的工作談話中包括三個關鍵部分。第一部分是關於他們的。這是關於機構，以及廣告的立場。在我們談論我們的資格之前，我們最好先談談它們。這樣做有兩個原因。首先，它將展示您對工作的熱情。雇主需要知道你是嚴肅的工作，你真的很喜歡這份工作，如果他們雇用你，他們可能會留在這裏。他們不想雇用一個人，他們在投資你之後幾年後可能會離開。其次，您對機構和職位的了解也可以證明您進行基礎研究的能力。
在這部分中，你想要成像你已經是他們的一部分，想一想他們的位置。為了做到這一點，在你去麵試之前，你需要研究這個職位，盡可能地研究這個機構。你想知道，機構裏發生了什麽？該部門或學院的目標是什麽？您可能想要確定他們麵臨的至少一個挑戰。您可以做些什麽來幫助他們實現目標？給他們你對未來的願景。關鍵是要證明你已經完成了你的功課。您希望讓觀眾相信您了解這個部門，了解其目標，並且您渴望做出貢獻。準備一個演示文稿並希望它能用於不同職位的工作會談是行不通的。你總是需要根據具體位置定製你的談話，並明確表示你真的想要這份工作。
在第二部分，你談談自己。您想要突出顯示與特定位置相關的力量。你不需要談論你所做的一切。你想要有選擇性和專注。限製您的範圍。確保觀眾能夠在有限的時間內理解您的工作。至少，你應該讓你的介紹和摘要可以理解為大多數觀眾。你想證明自己是一名好老師，即使廣告中的職位沒有教學責任，你也能夠引起一個房間的注意。當然，您可以在結果部分添加一些技術細節，以證明您是一位真正的專家。在這裏，關鍵是要證明你是自己領域的主要參與者。你有自己的紀律聯係，你了解你可能會采取的資助機製。你是獨立的，你有自己的想法，你可以精力充沛地展示它們，你就可以將你的想法帶入公共領域。在這一部分中，您還可以添加一些個人故事，添加一些人為因素，從而使您的演示更具影響力。
最後，你想談談合適。你能適應這種特殊的環境嗎？您麵臨的挑戰是什麽？在這部分中，您需要證明您的合作。您需要了解您的受眾群體。你需要對未來的同事感興趣。在其他人的工作中找到靈感，或將您的學科興趣與社區外展聯係起來可能是一個好主意。您希望將您的研究興趣置於主辦機構的背景下。您的研究議程如何與該機構的其他教職員工建立聯係？您的研究興趣如何適合該部門？
總而言之，在典型的工作談話中，並非全部與您有關。您需要了解您的受眾群體，並根據他們的身份，他們的工作以及他們如何定義招聘廣告與他們交流。如果你不在乎這樣做，你就不配得到這份工作。還有一件事，你想嚴格限製他們給你的時間限製，你想說清楚，你是否希望做一個純粹的研究談話，或者它還應該包括一個教學元素？不同的機構可能有不同的要求。
感謝收看，我是劉博士，為失敗者提供研究建議。直到下一次，讓我們為下一次麵試做好充分準備。

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.

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