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Title: ChenNee Chuah
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Panel 2Job Hunting Around the World Prospects
Tips, and Other Advice
IEEE INFOCOM 2005 Student workshop
- Chen-Nee Chuah
- Electrical Computer Engineering
- University of California, Davis
- http//www.ece.ucdavis.edu/chuah
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Lessons Learned
- Start early!
- CV
- Papers in top conferences
- Plan your publication schedule, especially
journals - Depending on university/department/research
areas, some only count journal papers - Great letters really help!
- Research statement
- Time to look at the forest, not just the trees
- Exciting research plan that is backed up by your
experience and technical background - Teaching statement
- TA, co-teach a class, Professor-of-the-Future
Program - Job Talk
- Practice, practice, practice
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The Academic Interview
- Goal Convince them that you will improve their
department - Format
- Pre-visits
- Arrange to visit other universities/research labs
and give talks - Send out application material and wait for
invitation - The talk
- Convince them you are a good teacher and can
defend your research - Research area fits the departments
need/development plan - 30-60 minute One-on-One
- Two-way interview
- Dont have to answer questions you dont feel
comfortable with - Meals
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Gold mines you have to dig yourself
- Exposure
- Workshops/conference
- Professional service (TPC, reviewer)
- Internships
- Grant proposal writing write a section or two
together with advisor - Resources
- CRA/NSF workshop for young researchers
- Advisor, professors, colleagues, fellow-students
- http//www.ece.ucdavis.edu/chuah/links.html
- Never hurt to ask
- Defer offer/start-date for 6 months/1 year to
spend sometime in industry/research labs gt
provide extra start-up timegt particularly
useful if you would like to switch research focus
- Housing compensation
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