Chapter 477 Talent Placement

Hou Jinli is just a microcosm.

Standing downstairs of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study with the same dream in mind, there are many people who have experienced similar experiences to him.

After tens of thousands of resumes were screened, only a thousand were finally invited for interviews.

In the end, only one-fifth of the interviewees passed the interview.

In any case, opportunities are equal for everyone.

As for whether it can be grasped, it depends on the individual's ability.

Of course, in addition to formal researchers, there are assistant researchers, associate researchers and other positions waiting for them.

While the packages of these positions may not be as attractive as those of a full-time research fellow, most would stay if they could.

As for why, there is no other reason.

Because this is the laboratory of a Nobel laureate, even if it is also doing scientific research labor, the opportunities here are far more than any research institute in China...

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Yang Xu is responsible for the recruitment check.

Regarding his ability, Lu Zhou was quite at ease, so he didn't ask too much about this matter, but simply reviewed the resumes of those in physics and mathematics besides materials science.

Different from the recruitment requirements of the Materials Research Institute, researchers engaged in research in these two directions, Lu Zhou is required to attach the research topic applied for in the resume.

If the interview is passed, the application for the corresponding research topic will be regarded as a proposal report, and the topic will be opened at the same time as the entry.

When to end the problem and when to become a regular from the internship period.

Therefore, Lu Zhou values ​​the latter more than his resume.

Many things that cannot be reflected in the resume can be reflected in the opening report, such as experience in applying for scientific research funds, etc...

In addition, compared with the expansion of 200 people in the Institute of Computing Materials, Lu Zhou, the yet-to-be-established Institute of Physics and the Institute of Mathematics, only recruited about 20 people each.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was the Institute for Advanced Study. The cultivation of talents cannot be accomplished overnight, and too fast scale expansion is not necessarily a good thing.

Although Lu Zhou already has a rough idea of ​​how to replicate the Princeton model to China, but the specific method is still being explored.

He hopes to find a suitable path in this process of trying and moving forward to build his ideal research institute.

It's not an easy task, but worth the effort.

After three days of interviews and screening, the list of official researchers was finally determined.

Surprisingly, in addition to the two hundred full-time researchers, there are more than five hundred PhDs who are willing to stay as research assistants.

After the expansion, the Institute of Computational Materials has transformed from a small private research institution with only more than 20 formal researchers into one of the largest materials research institutions in China.

Of course, this is only about the number of people and equipment, not the number of papers or research results.

However, the talents and equipment are in place, and the team is led by a Nobel laureate. The latter two are just a matter of time.

Let's not talk about those distant things for the time being, now that people are recruited, the placement of talents has become another problem.

The leaders of the Jinling Municipal Party Committee attach great importance to the construction of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

Although no money was given directly, the Institute for Advanced Study was granted a piece of land near the university town and high-tech park with an average price of more than 30,000 at almost a free price for the construction of a staff community.

However, far away water is hard to quench near thirst, and the newly developed community has just completed the project bidding, and it will not be delivered until this time next year at the earliest.

However, for the Institute for Advanced Study, starting from January, the Phds who have passed the interview will come to report.

"Let's rent a house for the time being," Lu Zhou said when discussing this issue at the meeting, "Until the completion of the staff quarters, formal researchers will be given 2,000 yuan per month as a rent subsidy to solve the problem of accommodation. It shouldn't be that big."

The average rental price of houses near the university town is about 3,000 yuan, and the housing subsidy of 2,000 yuan is quite sincere. As for informal researcher positions such as assistant researcher, about 1,000 a month is about the same.

However, based on this calculation, the monthly expenditure of the Institute for Advanced Study on housing subsidies alone has to exceed one million.

Yang Xu shook his head and said, "If they all rent houses, the staff will be too scattered, which is not easy to manage, and the housing supply in the university town is tight. If the rent is far away, there will also be a problem in terms of transportation."

Lu Zhou: "Is there any good way?"

Yang Xu smiled embarrassedly: "There is a way... but it depends on you."

Lu Zhou: "My side?"

Yang Xu shifted his gaze to one side: "Jinda's newly built faculty dormitory seems to be completed..."

Lu Zhou: "..."

No need to ask, as soon as he heard the beginning of this sentence, he knew what this guy was thinking.

Obviously, most of the things that are owed to people have to be said by themselves again...

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The next day, in the office of the President of Jinling University, Lu Zhou visited President Xu, and briefly talked about several problems faced by the Institute for Advanced Study during the chat.

Just when Lu Zhou was still hesitating whether to speak and how to speak, Principal Xu was one step ahead of him and spoke with a smile.

"It's easy to say, the faculty and staff apartments in Jinda's new campus have been completed, and they happen to be empty right now. If you need them, we can vacate two buildings first."

Lu Zhou: "This...isn't that good?"

"It's nothing too bad," Principal Xu smiled. "You are a national key project and a key project in the city. What's more, you have also helped us a lot. It's nothing to borrow two faculty dormitories."

Even the laboratory building of the Institute of Chemistry has been borrowed for a year or two, and the two faculty dormitories are really nothing.

What's more, Jinling Institute for Advanced Study is not an outsider to Jinling University. The two parties have always cooperated in scientific research projects.

And it's not just these, what really made President Xu make this decision without hesitation was the $1 billion scientific research project.

What is the concept of 1 billion US dollars?

Converted into RMB that is nearly 7 billion.

Not to mention Jinling University, even Shuimu University, which ranks first in the country in terms of research funding, only spends 5.079 billion a year. (2016 data)

Randomly splitting out some topics from this $1 billion project is enough to feed an unknown number of laboratories.

In addition, physics is a strong major of Jinda University, so there may be many topics that can be taken.

In comparison, what are the mere two dormitories for faculty and staff, and they are only rented out temporarily?

Even if you don't pay it back, it's nothing.

Seeing that Principal Xu agreed so simply, Lu Zhou didn't make any further excuses.

After a pause, Principal Xu continued with a smile.

"By the way, you just came here, and I want to ask you something."

Lu Zhou: "What's the matter?"

Principal Xu smiled and said, "In another week, it will be our Jinling University College Student Person of the Year Award."

The person of the year is basically available in 985 colleges and universities, and the selected ones are all top academics, which is considered a very valuable award. And the annual awards are also one of the top events in the school.

In principle, this award can only be judged once by a person, but Lu Zhou remembers that he seems to have won it twice, one time when he was an undergraduate, and the other time when he was studying for a master's degree.

Hearing Principal Xu mentioning this matter, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, coughed lightly and said, "I've graduated for so many years, don't you still want to give me an award?"

Principal Xu smiled and said: "You have even won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, and you still miss our little award! I am not asking you to accept the award, but I just want to ask if you have time, if you are not busy. , when the time comes, help our young students of Jinda University to issue certificates and awards."

It was an award...

It may be because too many people called him some time ago, but now when someone mentions the medal to him, he thinks that he is going to give him an award, which is almost a conditioned reflex.

"It's not that I'm thinking about it, it's just that I'm used to it," Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, "That's fine, just let me know when the time comes."

Principal Xu smiled and nodded: "Well, then I will trouble you!"