In Part I of this series, we talked about the first question every graduate student should ask before pursuing a postdoc: Do you actually need one? If you worked through that post and landed on 'yes,' welcome back. This one is for you — because knowing how to...
I’ve worked with a lot of postdocs over the years. Some of them are exactly where they want to be—energized by their research, supported by a PI who consistently shows up for them, and on a clear trajectory toward a career they’ve thought carefully about. They...
At a recent workshop I led, “From Vision to Reality: 4 Steps to Creating & Executing Your Individual Development Plan (IDP)," a postdoc asked a question that stuck with me for days: "How can we put together a plan like this, given the high level of uncertainty...