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Regarding Post-Doctoral appointments, duties and job-hunt.

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Is short-term or long-term PostDoc better for academic career?

Is working on a 1-year postdoctoral project better or worse than multi-year (2–3 years) postdoctoral projects for a research academic career, and why? A supplementary question: Is three 1-year postdoc …
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How can a person do further academic research if their PhD degree is old?

There is a certain rule that if your PhD degree is more than 6–7 years old, you cannot apply for a postdoc position. Suppose a physically and mentally 100% fit 70-year-old person obtained his PhD degr …
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What do employers focus on when examining the CV of a PhD graduate when applying for a Post ... [closed]

What is the thing you look for (and reject when not found) in a PhD-holder's CV/Resume when he applies for a PostDoc position?
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If a country in the EU spends more on R&D, does it mean that it pays higher salary to the Po...

According to this Wikipedia article, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, and Finland are the top spenders in the R&D sector by PPP per capita. Does this mean that they pay a highe …
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Why do people generally do postdoc?

After a PhD, why do people generally do postdocs at universities rather than work in research firms or organizations? Is it only because they want to become academicians? …
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Is PostDoc fellowship considered a job or a degree?

I am wondering if a Postdoctoral fellowship is considered a job or a degree in the academia to the private-sector employer by the Visa-issuer country ?
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For a postdoctoral fellowship, what is more important: number of positions, length of time i...

I saw that various postdoctoral fellowships have different lengths. they are anywhere between 1 to 4 years. Which one is more important to get a tenureship: number of fellowship positions, or length, …
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Why don't poorer countries suffer a complete brain-drain?

My question is about countries such as: EU countries like Bulgaria, Romania or Poland and non-EU countries like Russian Federation, Ukraine or Belarus. A PostDoc fellow might earn at most US$ 2500, …
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What are advantages/disadvantages of Habilitation over PostDoc in case of academic career?

As far as I know a PostDoc in USA is 2 years of research program. Habilitation is 4-8 years program. So, why is this difference in time frame? What are advantages/disadvantages of Habilitation over P …
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