Accepting the first job offer, even if it's maybe not your dream job, is good advice (with the exception that I explain at the end of the video). Don't wait for the perfect opportunity....also because you don't know how good it will really be in the end.
I feel peace in your voice and you always encourage me. I met with you during the last year of my phd when i started looking for a post doc position. I was offered a position from a university in UK and accepted it. Since last 5 months i am working there. Now i am trying to create my own research group considering your tips for PI's. Thank you very much for such encouraging and educative content. Hope to meet with you in person one day.
Thanks very much for writing! Your kind words mean a lot to me and I am happy that I could be of some help and inspiration to you. I wish you all the best on your path.
Thanks, Prof. Rillig. Again, it was a fantastic video on approaching the job market. It was really, really helpful. The social event video is what I need most now because social interactions outside the workplace are not my forte, so I am looking forward to it.
I was getting so upset and disappointed at myself, because I turned down my first TT offer, taking the risk for a better position that I had in mind! So, the first thing coming to my mind was: uhhhh I wish this video was posted 7-6 weeks ago and I had seen it! But by the minute 7 of your video, I felt better, because I remembered that the main reason for me to turn down that position was that I couldn’t do the research that I wanted to do.
Hello Prof. It will be great to see two videos in future. (1) Tips for fresh postdoc while joining a group or lab (2) 3 books to read during your research journey (phd and postdoc). Thanks.
Thanks so much for all your videos. Right now I am going to my first Job interview, and DeutschBahn have been strike it today. Any way, I am re-watching all your videos, and taiking the last notes meanwhile I am waiting for the next train!
Prof. As always a super video. I was wondering if one receives a job offer as faculty and at the same time a highly desired Postdoc. Could it be negotiated to wait a year until you do the Postdoc? which will also be very beneficial for the university where one will work permanently. A video on negotiation would be interesting.
Thanks! And thanks for the question. Certainly, the start date for a faculty position is always a matter of negotiation. I have seen many cases of this, because it is also in the interest of the institution hiring the faculty member to then have a better-trained individual that has benefited from an additional postdoc. I do already have a video about interview and negotiation, and how they should not be confused. This is definitely a case for the negotiation phase after you have been made an offer. Clearly, if you cannot negotiate a later start date for the faculty position, you should still take the faculty job and skip the postdoc, since the faculty position offers you a permanent appointment. Often, there are other ways to get that experience, like collaborating with the other lab, or sending your students there, etc.
Could you please address mid-career faculty (tenured) who are considering new positions. How much higher are the expectations of the search committee? Thank you for all your advices !
Thanks! The general rule is that candidates are evaluated based on the relative position in the trajectory they're on, so the expectations are certainly higher for someone with considerable experience compared to someone who just started their own group. How decisive this is depends on many factors, including most importantly the exact nature of the target position, so it's difficult to give a good answer.
Hi Prof. I have a question for you. I have applied for two different positions in two different departments at the same University. I had an interview for the first one, but the decision will be available in the next 3 or 4 weeks. It is proper to write a letter to the Senior Director of Recruitment at the second department, Inquiry Regarding the Status of My Faculty Position Application or not? Any suggestion?
Can't really give advice on individual situations. But in this case I don't understand what you would gain from asking the second department about the status. If you get an offer from the first department in a few weeks, then just take that. If you don't, then why bother people in the other department? If you also get an interview at the second department in the meantime, you can let them know, but really, these are independent searches.
Accepting the first job offer, even if it's maybe not your dream job, is good advice (with the exception that I explain at the end of the video). Don't wait for the perfect opportunity....also because you don't know how good it will really be in the end.
I feel peace in your voice and you always encourage me. I met with you during the last year of my phd when i started looking for a post doc position. I was offered a position from a university in UK and accepted it. Since last 5 months i am working there. Now i am trying to create my own research group considering your tips for PI's. Thank you very much for such encouraging and educative content. Hope to meet with you in person one day.
Thanks very much for writing! Your kind words mean a lot to me and I am happy that I could be of some help and inspiration to you. I wish you all the best on your path.
Thanks for sharing and I am enjoying your videos while i am in a middle of finding a job
Great advice, thank you again! Keep up the great work!
Thanks very much!!
Thanks, Prof. Rillig. Again, it was a fantastic video on approaching the job market. It was really, really helpful. The social event video is what I need most now because social interactions outside the workplace are not my forte, so I am looking forward to it.
Thanks; glad you found it useful.
The social interactions video will go live 21.2.
I was getting so upset and disappointed at myself, because I turned down my first TT offer, taking the risk for a better position that I had in mind! So, the first thing coming to my mind was: uhhhh I wish this video was posted 7-6 weeks ago and I had seen it! But by the minute 7 of your video, I felt better, because I remembered that the main reason for me to turn down that position was that I couldn’t do the research that I wanted to do.
Great, thanks for sharing. Yes, this is really the one important exception. I hope you get another offer soon!
Hello Prof. It will be great to see two videos in future. (1) Tips for fresh postdoc while joining a group or lab (2) 3 books to read during your research journey (phd and postdoc).
Thanks.
See previous videos. Your topics are covered already
Thanks, I think if you go to the postdoc playlist you will already find videos that fit your request. I will think about the books to read....
Thanks so much for all your videos. Right now I am going to my first Job interview, and DeutschBahn have been strike it today. Any way, I am re-watching all your videos, and taiking the last notes meanwhile I am waiting for the next train!
Thanks, and good luck with your interview!
Hello Prof. That was great.
thank you!!
I post-doced at UMT and wish I could have stayed, I love Missoula :) Being in the same country as my family is pretty good too, though.
I also really liked it there, stayed there as a professor for 9 years.
Prof. As always a super video. I was wondering if one receives a job offer as faculty and at the same time a highly desired Postdoc. Could it be negotiated to wait a year until you do the Postdoc? which will also be very beneficial for the university where one will work permanently. A video on negotiation would be interesting.
Thanks!
And thanks for the question. Certainly, the start date for a faculty position is always a matter of negotiation. I have seen many cases of this, because it is also in the interest of the institution hiring the faculty member to then have a better-trained individual that has benefited from an additional postdoc.
I do already have a video about interview and negotiation, and how they should not be confused. This is definitely a case for the negotiation phase after you have been made an offer.
Clearly, if you cannot negotiate a later start date for the faculty position, you should still take the faculty job and skip the postdoc, since the faculty position offers you a permanent appointment. Often, there are other ways to get that experience, like collaborating with the other lab, or sending your students there, etc.
@@mrillig thank so much for your full and useful reply.
Could you please address mid-career faculty (tenured) who are considering new positions. How much higher are the expectations of the search committee? Thank you for all your advices !
Thanks! The general rule is that candidates are evaluated based on the relative position in the trajectory they're on, so the expectations are certainly higher for someone with considerable experience compared to someone who just started their own group. How decisive this is depends on many factors, including most importantly the exact nature of the target position, so it's difficult to give a good answer.
Hi Prof.
I have a question for you.
I have applied for two different positions in two different departments at the same University. I had an interview for the first one, but the decision will be available in the next 3 or 4 weeks. It is proper to write a letter to the Senior Director of Recruitment at the second department, Inquiry Regarding the Status of My Faculty Position Application or not? Any suggestion?
Can't really give advice on individual situations. But in this case I don't understand what you would gain from asking the second department about the status. If you get an offer from the first department in a few weeks, then just take that. If you don't, then why bother people in the other department? If you also get an interview at the second department in the meantime, you can let them know, but really, these are independent searches.
Thank you for your valuable comment.