Networking 101 for Graduate Students: Building a Bigger Table

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Seo-Young Silvia Kim ◽  
Hannah Lebovits ◽  
Sarah Shugars
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Informal Practices ◽  
Community Networking

ABSTRACT Although the importance of networking often is emphasized to graduate students, straightforward guidance on how to approach this task is typically reliant on individual advisors who both know and can demystify the discipline’s hidden and informal practices. This article provides concrete, point-by-point tips for both junior scholars and their supporters, building on our experiences in creating an online communication forum for early-career scholars on the job market. Specifically, we suggest a model of community networking focused on robust, cross-rank engagement along dimensions of similar experiences and similar interests. Community networking moves beyond individuals angling to obtain a seat at the table and instead builds a bigger, more inclusive table. Although junior scholars must focus primarily on their research rather than expansive service commitments, community networking is ultimately both a service to the discipline and a fruitful strategy for raising a scholar’s profile and finding coauthors, colleagues, friends, and allies.

Publishing for Graduate Students and the Early Career Scholar

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zarate ◽  
Richard Lee ◽  
Fred Leong ◽  
Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez ◽  
Kevin Cokley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Early Career

Employment in the Federal Government

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-38
Author(s):  
T. Barrier Clendenin
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Job Market

Job hunting in the Federal government can be a frustrating experience to anyone unfamiliar with Federal personnel procedures—both written and unwritten. Therefore, it is particularly useful to proceed systematically when investigating this aspect of the alternative job market for Africanists. Otherwise, it is easy enough to waste time and miss specific opportunities. Upon deciding to venture into the Federal job maze, it is helpful to possess an abundance of patience, persistence, and imagination. Most successful graduate students ought to have mastered this trinity to perfection by the conclusion of their graduate careers. A fourth element might also be added—luck!

The Mismatch between Undergraduate Marketing Education and Employers' Requirements in Portugal

2016 ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Ana Estima ◽  
Paulo Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Market Needs

The debate on what should be offered by universities concerning their marketing education curricula in order to serve the market needs, specifically the employers' has been widely present in the literature. Its relevance derives from the fact that employers are one of the most important stakeholders of higher education institutions, given their responsibility in the career of graduate students. In this chapter we intend to contribute to the understanding of the state of undergraduate marketing education offered by Portuguese universities and assess whether there is a mismatch between marketing education and market needs. A better understanding of the mismatch and its implications can lead to better marketing education programs, increasing not only the acceptance and employability of students but also the transfer of innovative marketing knowledge to companies. The findings show that there is indeed a gap between what is being offered by the academia and what is requested by the job market, in terms of marketing, that could be higher than 50% of the requirements expected by employers.

The Mismatch between Undergraduate Marketing Education and Employers' Requirements in Portugal

2021 ◽  
pp. 1386-1405
Author(s):  
Ana Estima ◽  
Paulo Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Market Needs

The debate on what should be offered by universities concerning their marketing education curricula in order to serve the market needs, specifically the employers' has been widely present in the literature. Its relevance derives from the fact that employers are one of the most important stakeholders of higher education institutions, given their responsibility in the career of graduate students. In this chapter we intend to contribute to the understanding of the state of undergraduate marketing education offered by Portuguese universities and assess whether there is a mismatch between marketing education and market needs. A better understanding of the mismatch and its implications can lead to better marketing education programs, increasing not only the acceptance and employability of students but also the transfer of innovative marketing knowledge to companies. The findings show that there is indeed a gap between what is being offered by the academia and what is requested by the job market, in terms of marketing, that could be higher than 50% of the requirements expected by employers.

Supplementing Basic Graduate Level Courses With Conference-Based Research Communication Experiences

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Reid Bush ◽  
Sam Leitkam ◽  
Craig Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Basic Material ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Research Communication ◽  
Life Problems

Two difficulties are commonly identified for early graduate-level students that hinder their growth in the academic community. First, students in graduate school engineering courses find the basic material difficult to relate to real-life problems. Second, early career graduate students have little practice at presenting research in a professional format (e.g. ASME conference).

It's time for a change in the way we educate physiology PhD candidates.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (6) ◽  
pp. S68
Author(s):  
R B Tallitsch
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Job Market ◽  
The Way

Graduate students in physiology programs today are faced with a job market that is significantly different from that which many of us faced 25, 10, or even 5 years ago. As a result, physiology educators need to change the content and style of their programs to prepare graduates for their futures. Programs must continue to prepare graduates for research postdoctoral positions, but they also should prepare them for employment at smaller institutions that have higher teaching demands and that encourage, but do not require, research. Changes are suggested in the way PhD candidates are taught and in the way professors mentor students seeking employment at smaller institutions.

scholarly journals Visually Hypothesising in Scientific Paper Writing: Confirming and Refuting Qualitative Research Hypotheses Using Diagrams

Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uchendu Chigbu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Testing Of Hypotheses ◽  
Scientific Narratives

Qualitative research involves scientific narratives and the analysis and interpretation of textual or numerical data (or both), mostly from conversations and discussions, to uncover meaningful patterns that describe a particular phenomenon. It is important to know other ways of framing and explaining these nuanced scientific narratives so that they can convey scientific knowledge. A qualitative hypothesis can play this role. The testing of hypotheses in qualitative research—which does not strictly mean the same thing as testing of hypotheses in quantitative research—always comes with challenges that provoke concerns. The questions that scholars, especially undergraduate and postgraduate students, have had to deal with are: Is it possible to “test” hypotheses using a qualitative method? If it is possible, how can this be done? This study deconstructs the concept, notion, and use of the hypotheses. It presents the “how-to” aspect of hypothesising (in qualitative research and inquiries) by using creative diagramming within post-positivist research, and also contributes to the literature on visual communication and qualitative research. The study is a guide to early career scholars (including undergraduate and post-graduate students) on how to formulate and “test” hypotheses qualitatively using visual or diagrammatical approaches.

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