hi everyone, how do I know about journal rankings? I'm looking for a medium-ranking journal for publication. Advice, anyone?

thanks very much
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hi cevikatmaca, chalk talk is like a spontaneous presentation. It enables the interviewers to see your depth of knowledge and your proficiency at presenting, showing, explaining as well as answering, for example, you could get a question mid-way--and then if you are able to steer back the presentation to where you were (your focus).

Think of it this way--you are making cupcakes, but this time you're doing it by hand instead of using an electric mixer.

To prepare for it, do the same for powerpoint, except you need to explain in on the blackboard. Plan step-by-step. Ask the committee if you can have a few minutes before the interview to prepare your blackboard. For example, if you are explaining something on a graph, you'll need to at least have that graph drawn out first (to save time). That way, you draw your graph before you explain, then when you come to it, you just use your chalk and dot/line/circle the blackboard as you explain it. It's quite fun, actually.

Make sure when you plan, you have in mind the START, and the END ready. Of course the result and discussion part is the most fun. but you need to end it as well. People have started and not ended because they got distracted, and time's up.

Don't worry about it. Since you are already familiar with your previous work, just relax, let yourself go and enjoy it!

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hi lullaby
£27,854 to £36,298 pa is the salary range for the post. So if they pick someone who is less qualified or has less experience, the starting pay is £27,854. For example, applicants who have impressive record of publications and research tenure, they could be in a position to be awarded the full amount per year. Increases are possible, but depends on the job as well. For example, if the applicant did extra training and got say, a professional qualification along the time of employment, there could be a salary increment. But again, it is likely that the value would not go beyond £36, 298.

hope this helps
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Hi Conundrum, I really feel for you. If it has already been more than three years, is your thesis completed, do seek help. If you're not happy, do something. Go and see your graduate research school, as they would have to monitor your phd progress at some point where your supervisor would have to answer to them (?). We can only be here online for you but you must manually personally approach somebody about your problem.

Once you have a solution (and some idea how it will turn out -- whether the phd finished or not), your depression will lift immediately. Do something.

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Hi Trin! thanks for your help, but my computer has a message that says it's malware.
Can I PM you my email address instead?
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Hi everyone,
I only have access from 1999 for this journal. Can somebody help me with this please:

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
1992 Vol 18 Issue 3 pg. 331 to 335

"Drawing familiar or unfamiliar cards: Stimulus familiarity, chance orientation, and the illusion of control"
P. Bouts and E. Van Avermaet

Thanks very much
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hi Alnoorakber, I have seen advertisements under post-doc category requiring MBBS qualifications. I don't remember what the positions were exactly. I think you just need to look around you'll find something. Try a website like jobs.ac.uk, do a job search, put in USA for location and something will come up.

best wishes
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hi newtophd, how did you find the interview experience? I'm sure you managed well!
Share the outcome with us?

best wishes,
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Hi Inhalt, I see you posted this two months ago. I hope you are well and have found ways to look for a job, or have found a job by now.

Anyway what I'd like to say to you is that you can start by looking around your own university. Some businesses/companies post vacancies to universities. Also, go to the Student Centre in your university where they can advise you on your options on finding work. There should be some pamphlets on career hunting for graduates, start there too. Also, keep an eye open for Job Fairs, because that is when companies are out hunting for people. I'm sure you'll find something!

best wishes,
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hi Rumi
I'm the same!!! I was having trouble sending out applications as well. In fact, my self-esteem was so low and I was so depressed.

Here's what happened---one day I saw a job advert for a 12-hour per week receptionist post, so I decided to apply for it because (1) ok I was desperate, and (2) the work location was so near my home---I filled up the form and sent it in--unfortunately I wasn't shortlisted.

but the good news is that I learnt a lot from filling up that first application form, it got me started on job-looking, job-hunting, whatever it's called :-)))

You need to get started---if it's a post-doc, try to contact the principal investigator before you apply, so that will give you some idea whether you are eligible to apply AND some encouragement (if you are eligible to apply)--

then--bravely fill up the forms, write something---and press SEND!!!!!

don't be put off if you're not shortlisted!

Life is the best teacher....
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Hi fatbunneh,
nice to hear from you! I'm so sorry to hear that you've been deliberately excluded. I can understand how difficult it must be for you. I started my phd in my late 30s--I was more than 10 years older than my colleagues! I used to feel really shy about my age--because once people found out how old I really was, some shifted their behaviour towards me --- suddenly they were thinking what topics to talk with me (because I was so much older than them!), and also sometimes people tried to calculate from how many years I graduated--and tried to piece up my lifestory (what did she do before she came here etc). Of course, I don't believe that anyone had negative intentions. That's just the way people are. Now, I have got over all this.

Firstly, because of your exclusion problem, you need to learn to be self-sufficient and to be happy in your own company (and with yourself). Once you are comfortable being by yourself, you won't feel left out when your younger friends go out, in fact, you'll reach a stage where you actually feel happy for them when they go out.

The key is---to start learning to be comfortable with yourself. Learn to spend time with just you, and in the process, you'll also discover a whole lot more about yourself than you would ever do, had you spent time with people.

Next, don't worry about not making new friends due to your workload. Take good care of yourself :-), you come first. It's nice to have new friends, of course, but the truth is you don't need new friends to be happy. Find ways to deal with your feelings of isolation, instead of using friends as a solution. Once you are comfortable with yourself, you tend to attract new friends who share the same interests. New friends will come. Don't worry.

Lastly, you need to take good care of yourself since you just had surgery. Step by step. Hang in there.
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hi cathie_138, thank you for posting here. It looks like you have become very unhappy where you are.

Chocockae, Smoobles and HazyJane,
Thanks very much!
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hi Davo
Well done! let us know how you are doing. Most importantly, remember that depression can be cured. Once you have dealt with the problem in your life, the depression will lift and you will feel a lot lighter, clearer and happier with yourself.

Hope you had a lovely time with your dog. Life is a song, sing it.

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Hi there! Has anyone gone ahead with a job application in a case like this:
The job says it is essential to have a PhD. I don't have my PhD at hand, but I have all the person specifications!

Also, the advert doesn't say who to contact--and the HR person who answered the phone said it was essential to have a PhD.

My other question is--can I rely on what the HR person said? I'm thinking who decides which applicant is shortlisted. Am I making sense?

Can I still apply? Thanks very much
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