The following two excerpts from the National Academies* offer to-the-point advice for aspiring postdocs. continue reading

When I was a graduate student, with about a year remaining until completion of my requirements, I asked my mentor when I should start applying for postdoc positions. The reply was, “Six months ago!” The point was: to maximize the quality of your postdoctoral training experience, it’s important to plan early, prior to completing your

Information about the compensation of postdocs is annoyingly elusive. The reasons for this are widely known and commonly repeated. The vast array of postdoc funding sources, the lack of central institutional control of the employment status, and creative packaging of awards all contribute to the complexity of any effort to do comparative studies of postdoc