Timeline for Should a job application research statement include a "research plan"?
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 21:49 | history | edited | Harry Gindi |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:38 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | I took some heavy-duty CW liberty and have mostly rewritten the question. In particular, I cleaned up the English, and took out some of the more ... argumentative is the wrong word, but it seemed originally like OP had more or less made up their mind ... parts. Oh, and I moved it into the first person: "one" is awkward, and "he" is offensive. Actually, I think YC's proposed improvements in the comments above might make it even better. But, anyway, OP and others should make further edits, of course. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:35 | history | edited | Theo Johnson-Freyd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:16 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | I'll just note, there were 2 other reopen votes. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:16 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | I've reopened the question and answered it. Perhaps this was a mistake; if you think so, come tell me at meta. tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/344/research-statement | |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:10 | answer | added | Ben Webster♦ | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 20:05 | history | reopened |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 18:44 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | @Joel. Fair point, although I would still prefer a more focused question. The original, once I'd decoded the mangled English, still seemed to be asking more for personal than professional advice - its tone made it unclear whether this was an undergraduate's curiosity or a postgraduate's uncertainty - but perhaps I've misread the intentions. I think a better question would have been "what do people put in their research statements, and how much should one try to tailor them to the place being applied to?" | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 15:22 | comment | added | Joel David Hamkins | I have voted to reopen. I think questions about advice in the job search process for professional mathematicians seeking an academic job are appropriate for MO, and are of interest to research mathematicians. Many graduate students have some confusion about what is appropriate in their job application research statements, such as indicated in the OP's question. I find this to be a real question, and there can be real answers. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 6:41 | history | rollback | Yemon Choi |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 6:40 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | To be completely honest, the original question seemed to me to be asking for "job application tactics" rather than mathematics, and also not to have a clear idea of what advertised positions might expect. Saying "I think I shouldn't state my intended research interests because they won't fit well with the place I'm applying to" -- well, that's really your call, isn't it? | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 4:20 | history | edited | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 3:53 | comment | added | user4606 | I have modified the question. Could you please reopen it? | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 3:53 | history | edited | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 3:26 | history | edited | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 2:55 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | Also, if I may go out on a limb, I am guessing that English is not the OP's native language. This may be a case where asking the question in their own language will help us figure out the meaning. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 2:54 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | The question has been closed. For my part at least I simply couldn't parse it: what is the difference between a research plan and a research statement? What does it mean that the research plan is different from the position that is being applied for? [Of course a research plan is completely different from an academic job, so what you say is technically true, but not helpful in understanding what you're getting at.] I don't know what "reduce the matchness of research interests in job application" means at all. Please try again with a more carefully written question. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 2:48 | history | closed |
Michael Lugo José Figueroa-O'Farrill Tom Leinster Felipe Voloch Pete L. Clark |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:30 | comment | added | user4606 | For instance, a graduate student applies for a research associate position. | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:27 | history | edited | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:26 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | Examples of helpful background detail that you could add: what is your current position (undergraduate, graduate student, doctoral student,..?) and what kind of positions are you looking to apply for? | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:20 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | Could you please edit this so that the actual question is more clearly stated? Also, at the level of generality you give, it is hard to know how to respond. Is there some reason you cannot give more precise examples, or would prefer to avoid doing so? | |
| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:18 | history | edited | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 10, 2010 at 1:05 | history | asked | user4606 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |