A depressing/cynical flowchart of the academic job search process
Related to my previous post on the Washington Post article, I came across a blogpost about the academic job search, with this depressing flowchart. It’s an interesting post that touches on some of the issues involved, but I can only hope things aren’t quite as bad as the flowchart indicates! (I like to think there’s […]
U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there – The Washington Post
U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there – The Washington Post. A nice article in the Washington Post by Brian Vastag, about what PhD students in most fields face in terms of job prospects. It’s the first time I’m seeing coverage in the mainstream media about what all my grad school classmates […]