Your Supervisor's Recommendation for a Job
As a graduate student you have been working for Dr. Supervisor
for four years. In the initial years the research went smoothly.
But in the last two there were numerous problems and delays. You
have spent a lot of time pursuing various hypotheses suggested by
Supervisor and think the setbacks were due to the multiple avenues
that Dr. Supervisor wanted you to try simultaneously. You are
concerned that Dr. Supervisor now questions your ability.
Now it is time for you to graduate and you are worried that the
recommendation that Dr. Supervisor writes will reflect only the
recent setbacks. Also, Dr. Supervisor wants you to aim low. That
is, he wants you to apply for less demanding jobs and positions.
You want to aim high.
How should you handle the situation?
Cite this page:
"Your Supervisor's Recommendation for a Job"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
9/11/2006 3:08:29 PM
National Academy of Engineering
Accessed: Friday, December 05, 2008
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