Read as, "We've been burned in the past by academics thinking that a move to our company would simply be like going on to the next postdoc".
Her position is up in October, but, she says, "I hear more and more people saying, 'So, what are you going to do for your next postdoc?' Apparently one is not good enough anymore, and you need a second.
"A successful postdoctoral experience is one in which you further your skills and secure your next postdoc," says Alison Donnelly, a postdoc at Trinity College, Dublin, who has had eight postdoctoral appointments - some lasting just three to four months - since 1998, when she finished her Ph.D. in environmental science.
Typically, newly-minted Ph.D.s casting about for a postdoc position find the best advisor they can, then pick up a project in his or her lab, pad the resume with a couple of publications, and move on to the next postdoc or a permanent position.
I haven't decided exactly what my next career step is but I can thoroughly recommend a Marie Curie Fellowship as a great postdoc experience.
I know that another postdoc job would be the most logical way for me to earn my next crust, as well as to fill the science-shaped hole in my life.
These thoughts crossed my mind when I was in the second year of my postdoc at Ohio State University (OSU) and was trying to make up my mind about my next step.
Lucky again, while I ponder all these thoughts about the perfect solution, I continue my postdoc position at the university, but I know I have to decide soon about my next step.
I had been contemplating my next career move for a while, and several trusted people in Newcastle had advised me that doing a postdoc abroad strengthens one's CV.
This 1-year postdoc, which I spent at the Department of Anatomy at Bristol University, also gave me the breathing space to write my next grant--for a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science.
