It's the mid-1980s, the David Baltimore - Thereza Imanishi - Kari scandal has not happened yet, and the great majority of postdocs can still look confidently forward to
landing faculty jobs at research universities.
The degrees they award, however, are not created equal, at least as far as
landing faculty jobs is concerned.
The chance to attain full scientific recognition without having to
land a faculty job first could shrink the chasm now separating postdocs from researchers on the tenure track.
In fact, however, only about 25 percent of those earning American science PhDs will ever
land a faculty job that enables them to apply for the competitive grants that support academic research.
These additional skills make a postdoc more likely to
land a faculty job when there is tough competition.
Not exact matches
You finally
landed that junior
faculty job, hired a technician and a postdoc, and signed up a couple of graduate students to help take you and your lab boldly into the new millennium.
For doctoral students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
landing a
job as a research - oriented college or university
faculty member typically requires having spent time as a postdoctoral researcher.
In 1997, at the strikingly young age of 28, he
landed his first
faculty job in a competitive labor market as an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
With the help of career services,
faculty members, advisors, and yes — even parents and other family members — you'll find that
landing your first entry - level
job after graduation and making career decisions probably isn't as overwhelming as you thought it would be.