Despite the challenge of teaching heavy loads while continuing to conduct research, these postdocs are all grateful that they were able to find
good jobs in academia.
Not exact matches
I have spent some weeks collecting the
best books to succeed
in academia, develop transferable skills for PhD students and get a
job in industry.
Graduate school may prepare students fairly
well for a career
in academia, but it's not great training for the
jobs at private companies that at least 75 % of all graduate students eventually take.
The
job market for teaching - focused positions
in academia is a bit
better than it is for research - based positions, Paterson says, which could be encouraging some postdocs who otherwise would have pursued research - intensive careers to think about teaching.
For younger scientists eyeing careers
in British
academia, Goldstein suggests that the
best way to get a
job may be to do an early postdoc here.
If you're sure you want to stay
in academia, an up - and - running group is a
good choice, because your adviser will be
better able to help you find an excellent postdoc position — a necessity for a
good academic
job — than will a brand - new assistant professor.
[The academic
job market
in] social work is
better than so much of
academia,» she says.
I just got my first «big boy»
job at the tender age of... 34, after a long time
in academia and a startup stint that worked out pretty
well (startup got acquired by public company)- so now it's the...
Assuming
good faith is why journal editors generally have trouble detecting actual fraud; everybody makes mistakes, and the reputation of
academia is that they do not do as
good a
job checking for errors
in programs as do the pharmaceutical companies, who have independent contractors test their programs.
Things are slightly less grim for
in - house counsel
jobs, where women hold 23 % of the positions, and
academia, where women hold 37.5 % of tenured positions, but now we're just grasping at straws to make ourselves feel
better.