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Perceptions about postdocs
Author(s) -
Vella Francis,
Mietchen Daniel,
Gabaldón Toni
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.7400304
Subject(s) - boulevard , delegate , workgroup , library science , sociology , computer science , history , archaeology , computer network , programming language
The reality is that in many European countries, non‐academic employment prospects for postdocs are still scarce. Although companies voluntarily hire graduate students, trusting them to develop into successful managers with time, postdocs are perceived as eternal students with a lack of professional skills. This does not make sense. In our view, a researcher with an …