{"id":38,"date":"2022-05-03T23:03:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T23:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/?p=38"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:46:03","slug":"how-do-you-approach-me-or-any-professors-for-a-research-project-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/2022\/05\/03\/how-do-you-approach-me-or-any-professors-for-a-research-project-job\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you approach me (or any professors) for a research project\/job?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is very common that the students reach out to professors for a project to work on, or a position to learn something\/gain experience\/enrich your resumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I strongly strongly recommend students at least try to work on a project with your professor during your time in school. Paid or unpaind? Doesn\u2019t matter! The intimate mentorship and up-to-date research work&#8230;you don&#8217;t usually get it anywhere else.  I&#8217;m sure you can learn something from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couple key &#8220;reminders&#8221; on how to approach a faculty member for the opportunity: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g090525\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e7 section-g090525 gutentor-element gutentor-element-list\"><ul class=\"grid-row gutentor-grid-item-wrap list-indicator-icon\"><li class=\"gutentor-list-item grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-item gutentor-single-item-0\"><span class=\"gutentor-list-item-wrap g-s-list-wrap\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-list-item-icon\"><i class=\"list-item-icon fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-list-item\"><p class=\"gutentor-single-item-title\"><strong>Be prepared! Do your homework! <\/strong><br>Minimally research on what the professor does! What s\/he publishes! Read a few of his\/her work. I&#8217;m sure you can find articles about the work on google scholar.<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"gutentor-list-item grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-item gutentor-single-item-1\"><span class=\"gutentor-list-item-wrap g-s-list-wrap\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-list-item-icon\"><i class=\"list-item-icon fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-list-item\"><p class=\"gutentor-single-item-title\"><strong>Be persistent! <\/strong><br>I find it a rare quality nowadays. <br>Professors are often busy, if we don\u2019t reply you, could be that your mail just slipped out the whole big pile of work. It doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t like you , don\u2019t speculate. Just be persistent! If really want to learn or to get involved, show me you deserve my time!<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"gutentor-list-item grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-item gutentor-single-item-2\"><span class=\"gutentor-list-item-wrap g-s-list-wrap\"><span class=\"gutentor-single-list-item-icon\"><i class=\"list-item-icon fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-list-item\"><p class=\"gutentor-single-item-title\"><\/p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is very common that the students reach out to professors for a project to work on, or a position to learn something\/gain experience\/enrich your resumes. I strongly strongly recommend students at least try to work on a project with your professor during your time in school. Paid or unpaind? Doesn\u2019t matter! The intimate mentorship&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/2022\/05\/03\/how-do-you-approach-me-or-any-professors-for-a-research-project-job\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How do you approach me (or any professors) for a research project\/job?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-must-know","entry"],"gutentor_comment":4,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"DrHsiao","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/author\/ihsiao\/"},"qubely_comment":4,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/anystudyprerequisite\/category\/must-know\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Must-know<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"It is very common that the students reach out to professors for a project to work on, or a position to learn something\/gain experience\/enrich your resumes. 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