Not exact matches
New initiatives
in Europe are trying to help fill those gaps for displaced scientists unable to reintegrate into
academia through a full - time
job or fellowship.
At one session, which covered research careers
in industry and the private sector, Lawrence Fitzgerald, vice president of neuroscience research at Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals
in New York City, said he had started to consider a
job outside
academia when he realized he cared more about the science than the setting.
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.
Many
new grads and postdocs find out early
in the
job search that there's a wall between
academia and industry.
Although he jokingly admits, «Sometimes it's like a miracle to find the right
job in academia because often it is difficult to predict where
new positions will open
in the next few years.»
Also useful was the motivation that comes from needing their
new job or recalling a poor experience
in academia.
Recognizing that more than a third of university faculty nationally has a spouse or partner who also works
in academia, and another 36 percent have a partner employed outside of higher education, a
new tri-state regional section of the national Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) will help dual - career couples find
job openings within reasonable commuting distances of one another.