During my master's degree, I majored in theoretical physics, and I was very impressed by the guidance given to me by my supervisor. However, as a graduate student preparing to enter the society, I found that my understanding of employment and society was still very naïve. In my experience, I learned some lessons from my supervisors, and when I was teaching graduate students myself, I used a different approach to mentoring. However, in any case, it is impossible to change the fact that journal articles play a very important role in the face of employment and proving one's abilities. This article will illustrate this point through the stories of several students.
The original article describes the mentoring style taken by my supervisor, who never asked us to participate in his research project, let alone provide questions for us to study. Instead, he encouraged us to do our own research, generate our own ideas, and discuss them to validate the viability of our ideas. This kind of guidance makes us feel confused and overwhelmed, struggling with the confusion of not being able to find a research direction.
My mentor was a maverick who had a unique approach to mentoring and educating me during my graduate studies. Rather than directing us to his research topic, he prefers to guide us to generate research ideas through research literature and our own thinking. He encourages us to think, encourages us to explore on our own, and it is a double-edged sword for us. On the one hand, it stimulates our creativity and ability to think independently;On the other hand, it also gives us a lot of pressure and confusion, because we are often in a state of confusion and do not know how to find the right research direction for us.
In retrospect, the mentor's guidance style, while confusing, encouraged my autonomy and initiative. Inspired by my supervisor, I continued to read and research relevant literature, trying to understand the research results of my predecessors, and trying to come up with my own research questions. In the process, I have faced various difficulties and challenges, but each setback has made me more determined to move forward. I began to learn to think independently, to analyze problems from different perspectives, and to combine theory and practice. Although I sometimes feel lost and don't know if I'm on the right path, this experience has also made me more courageous to face the unknown and challenge my limits.
My mentoring style as a mentor is described in the original text, where I meet with students weekly to discuss their research progress and give advice. I help them choose topics, teach them to use various research tools and software, and guide them through the specific steps of their research. However, even though I thought my method of guidance was the right one, the results were not as good as I could have been.
When I became a mentor, I chose a different way of mentoring. I have weekly face-to-face discussions with students to help them solve the problems they encounter and make my suggestions. I will teach them how to choose a research direction and guide them to conduct relevant research. I also teach them to use a variety of research tools and software, help them sort out the basics they need to solve problems, and guide them in analyzing data and drawing conclusions. Finally, I will assist them in revising the ** to ensure that it is of the required quality. However, despite my best efforts to provide comprehensive guidance, the results were not as good as I could have been.
Since I became a mentor, I have always tried to guide my students in the best possible way. I prioritize their research progress and meet with them face-to-face every week. I will listen patiently to their confusion and questions, and give them specific guidance and suggestions. In order to ensure that their research direction is correct and innovative, I will provide a large number of research questions to choose from and help them find the most suitable question for them. As they conduct their research, I teach them techniques for using various research tools and software, such as COMSOL and MATLAB, so that they can better analyze data and interpret results. In addition, I will guide them in writing, helping them find the right structure and flow, and correct grammatical errors and logical problems in them. However, even though I put in a lot of effort, I found that this type of coaching did not work as well as I expected.
In the original article, I describe the employment experience of one of the students. Although his research work was excellent, he had a frustration in the interview due to the lack of proof of a journal article and was not accepted into the journal.
I have a student who has done a really good research job and his topic is so valuable that it hasn't been studied by anyone else. He submitted the article to a good journal. More than a month later, the reviewers came back, only to be rejected. Three of the reviewers gave their opinions, one suggested that the changes were acceptable, another thought that the writing was poor and listed many suggestions, and the last one thought that the article was interesting but not clear enough. I believe that as long as you revise it well, it will be no problem to apply to other journals. However, more than a month later, when I asked about the progress of the revision of his article, he told me that due to the tight schedule due to attending party classes and attending interviews, only the introduction part was changed, and the rest of the article had not been changed. Although I had been mentally prepared for the perfunctory situation of the students, it still disappointed me. He told me about the interview, and several companies offered salaries between 13k-17k, one of which had clearly declined, and several others had not yet responded. He didn't realize that as a master's student preparing to graduate, how could he prove his abilities without the publication of journal articlesIn order to motivate him to revise seriously**, I reminded him that the first thing others look at when recruiting graduate students is the publication of journal articles, and asking some simple basic knowledge in the interview does not really explain the problem, and his lack of journal articles has already made him classified. However, he still didn't understand what I meant. I told him that my other students were on a successful career path because of the publication of journal articles, and that he had nothing to prove his abilities, making him uncompetitive. In the end, he said that he understood, and said that he would revise it well. However, I'm not sure he really understood my words. As a person who has been studying for a master's degree for three years and has no journal articles published, how can he prove his scientific research ability?Course Grades?It's just a formality, not much different from undergraduates. The only thing that can prove competence is the publication of academic **. Journal articles are the embodiment of the value of scientific researchers, and they are also an important criterion for academia and industry to judge a person's ability. Without the support of a journal article, it is difficult for students to stand out in an interview, especially against other competitors who are supported by a journal article.
This student's situation made me realize that the publication of journal articles is very important to prove my ability in the process of entering the workplace. In a competitive job market, it's hard to stand out from the crowd of applicants without the support of journal articles. This also reflects the importance and recognition of scientific research achievements by academia and industry.
As a supervisor, I should emphasize the importance of journal articles more in the research process of students, and encourage students to actively seek publication opportunities while researching. It is important to pay attention not only to the research questions and the mastery of technology, but also to the dissemination and application opportunities of research results.
In addition, I should give more guidance and help to students in the process of postgraduate training, especially in writing. I can help students clarify the structure and flow of the research, instruct them on how to accurately express the content and results of their research, and help them correct grammatical errors and logical problems. In this way, I can help students improve the quality and publishability of their journals, thereby increasing their competitiveness in journal submissions and interviews.
In the process of students' employment, we should not only pay attention to the mastery of basic skills and knowledge, but also pay attention to the cultivation of practical ability and innovation ability. The publication of journal articles is an important testament to these abilities and has a huge impact on students' career development and personal achievement. Therefore, as both mentors and students, we should recognize the importance of journal articles and strive to find opportunities for publication to fully demonstrate our talents and abilities.