Timeline for What's the shortest "acceptable" postdoc length?
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| Aug 17, 2017 at 4:54 | vote | accept | Elabore | ||
| Jul 25, 2017 at 3:31 | comment | added | Elabore | @AnoE I guess this could be answered with something like "I started the postdoc to learn a technique". | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 23:55 | answer | added | Fred Douglis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 22:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 24, 2017 at 22:19 | comment | added | David Richerby | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about obtaining jobs outside academia. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 21:47 | answer | added | Dan Romik | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 17:31 | comment | added | Sabine | Is this a "fresh" postdoc, or rather a continuation of your PhD? In the latter case, you could claim that you finished a project (or similar) during those 6-8 months, which I think would be perfectly fine. Otherwise, I agree with @AnoE - I'd have the very same question, better be prepared to answer it. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 10:55 | comment | added | Greg | @JessicaB Agree, there are many short term contracts, so no surprise if someone leaves after a few months. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 10:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/889435446509436929 | ||
| Jul 24, 2017 at 9:22 | comment | added | AnoE | My question in a job interview would probably be "Why did you start the postdoc, in the first place?". What would your answer be? | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 8:17 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 7:25 | comment | added | Jessica B | Some postdoc positions may only be 6 months long (I think 3 has occurred but I can't remember exactly). | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 6:57 | answer | added | xLeitix | timeline score: 50 | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:57 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | Maybe it is better to ask this question on The Workplace to get the perspective of the industry people. Here you will mostly find academics. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:34 | comment | added | workingonit | If you have 1-2 publications to show after a few months, isn't that evidence enough that your postdoc time was very productive, i.e., successful? This detail might however be lost when people glance over a CV. Note: PhD student here, thus I cannot talk from experience. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 5:07 | history | asked | Elabore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |