You may have heard "the longer you stay in academia, the harder it is to leave. Once you've published articles, presented at conferences, identified other conferences you'd like to attend one day, and developed dozens of research ideas you haven't had a chance to start, it's hard to walk away. Take some time to investigate your options, and reflect on what's most interesting to you.
Do some research online, talk to your advisers, talk to your network, and reach out to people with the job you want for informational interviews. Many companies may prefer on-the-job training versus postdoctoral training somewhere else. Some companies prefer to hire recent PhD graduates over postdoctoral researchers, viewing the fresh-out-of-school candidates as more flexible and faster learners.
In most situations, your skills will be more relevant than where you developed them. Department of Energy and other federal agencies. The diversity of these programs enables individuals—whether undergraduate, graduate, postdoct, or faculty—to conduct collaborative research with national laboratories or at one of more than a dozen federal agency partners. Learn about how their research experiences have advanced their academic and professional careers.
Six tips to help you find a postdoctoral research fellowship Make your decision to pursue a postdoc an active choice. Know that you can actively choose to pursue a postdoc at the same time you actively choose to pursue a permanent even non-academic position. Get advice from a variety of people. Yes, talk to your adviser and other colleagues at your institution, but also reach out to the career services office, alumni, and your friends who have graduated.
Build your network! Consider reaching out to second degree or third degree connections to ask for an informational interview about what they do. At conferences, sure, talk to the recruiters present, but also talk to other attendees and ask about their research!
Talk to postdocs and juniors employees about their career paths and their current roles! Look worldwide. A postdoc at a foreign institution is one way to get an international experience, and many companies—particularly larger companies—hire internationally, too. Secondly, it offers more time to publish your work.
Lastly, it offers more opportunities for networking and collaboration. All are vital in securing a tenure-track position. A postdoc is not an end goal. It is a training period to refine essential skills. Michelle Madore, a Ph. In the end, you have to decide what you want your life to look like. This was not an easy decision. So, I talked to people in my field, including professors and mentors. They have been in my place before and had to make their own decisions.
I knew that they had the knowledge to help me with my decision. Then, I looked at my priorities. I thought about everything a postdoc includes: publishing, teaching, research, traveling to conferences, networking, and more. Does this fit my interests? Does this fit who I am as an individual?
I concluded that it does. I enjoy the research. I enjoy teaching. I enjoy working independently and collaboratively. So, ultimately, a postdoc gave me the opportunity to continue to do all these things. Also, there is the financial aspect. Am I more concerned with the work I would do or with the amount of money I would make?
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