Net work
I went to a talk today on job searching, the CEO from careertrax company in Sedona, Arizona gave the talk. It’s the 2nd time I have this kind of class here, but last time is to find academy position, and this time industry position. He said the most important way to find a position in industry was through network rather than other ways like websites, emails… from independent academy to interdependent industry, one need to change his way of thinking…to make network, to sell oneself in a positive way, and the most popular question is TSAY (talk something about yourself)…be prepared and go to meetings, and contact pre postdocs who has made transition to industry.
It’s an interesting and instructive talk left me a strong impression. I should try to be prepared anyway ……
He also made a metaphor of the postdoc system as a leaking pipeline in Arizona desert, with small holes all the tube as the lucky one can escape from the tube with pipe (time) elongation, the left remain, could be forever, since the end is covered with a cap, though people has an impression that there are all kinds of chances in the end (hope)…. A little cruel, there is no hope in the end, you have to escape from the pipe before the end….
Another interesting metaphor is that academy positions are the top of the iceberg where everybody can see, also a very small part, and the industry positions are under the water that most people can not see, yet with more positions, that’s a little bit encouraging and discouraging, depend where you want to end up with.
