[Interpretationandmethods] advice on job talks

[Lara Rusch]

Thank you -- that helps!

Lara Rusch

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<interpretationandmethods at listserv.cddc.vt.edu> writes:
>Hmmm, I'm not sure that I have much advice.  I will say that I just  
>gave a jobtalk, which was the hour long version of the 15 minute talk  
>that i gave at last years conference.   The sole criticism was that  
>some of the audience would have liked a model of the interaction  
>between communities or publics and their interpretations of the  
>policy appliances.  I take this as evidence that they wanted  
>something that was a very clear diagram of what was happening, which  
>I could have provided, but hadn't thought of providing.
>
>Other than that, make sure you are clear about your theory/context,  
>your evidence/interpretations, and your conclusions and then how your  
>conclusions contribute to whatever the literature of the job is as  
>advertised/discussed.  That's what I always want from a job talk, and  
>usually people miss at least one of those.
>
>My best advise after doing around 10 talks now is:  practice your job  
>talk at least one time in your department, and go to any and every  
>job talk you can find out about on your campus.  Speculation will get  
>you in over your head, go to other departments job talks see what  
>counts there, see who gets the offer.
>
>
>
>
>On Nov 2, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Lara Rusch wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A lot of advice is floating around my dept.'s grad list right now  
>> about
>> job talk presentations.
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has particular advice or recommendations  
>> for job
>> talk presentations using interpretive methods? I'm sure I'm not the  
>> only
>> one wondering about this...
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Lara Rusch
>>
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