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In article <59224d$hgm@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu>,
ratnakar amaravadi  wrote:
>> current place. Do departments usually pay the bill? or since
>> it is only a postdoctoral position, then they usually don't. 
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I think the above phraseology will not help you in negotiating
>for more. A postdoctoral position is really P O S T D O C T O R A L
>and can be concieved as on par with a junior faculty position.
Hah hah, ho ho, etc. Thanks for providing me my best laugh all week. 

In article  kdrew@nd.edu (Ken Drew) writes:
> While I do agree that requiring a Chinese grad. student to teach one more class
> doesn't solve the communication problem, you must remember that Chinese
>  students pay NO United States income tax!!!! (I think the same is true for 
> graduate students from Spain!).
> 
> How fair is that?
My guess is that this is due to bilateral agreement between
the two countries.  Most likely, a US citizen in the same
situation would not be required to pay income tax..
-- 
Fumiaki Kamiya

In article <32B3968C.6565@sympatico.ca>, fethi bellamine
 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  For those who know or did their postdoctoral studies, I wonder
>  if it is O.K. to ask the department to ask to pay for my moving
>  expenses given that the university is over 2,000 miles from my 
>  current place. Do departments usually pay the bill? or since
>  it is only a postdoctoral position, then they usually don't. 
>  Thanks for the feedback.
Departments never, to my knowledge, pay the bill.  PI's usually do not
either.  However they sometimes do; it doesn't hurt to ask.  Moreover,
flexible arrangements can sometimes be worked out instead -- for example
you can have your salary start before you arrive, you can teach a course
for money, etc.
So, ask.  Aside from the possibility that you'll be rewarded, future
postdocs will thank you for breaking the ground...
-Troy

I noted that you posted this question in a number of biology related
newsgroups.  Since this is a fisheries newsgroup, I'll respond with a
fisheries perspective.  I am a fishery biologist with a federal
agency.  Most of the fishery related jobs (about 80 percent if I
recall correctly) are government jobs, about evenly divided between
federal and state governments, with a smattering of jobs at the
municipal or local level.  The remaining jobs are with universities
and colleges, or private laboratories and consulting firms.  A
Master's degree is the minimum education level for most jobs higher
than field technician.  You'll need a Ph.D to be on a college faculty
or to work as a principal investigator at a private intstitute or
consulting firm.  At the federal level, the major agencies for fishery
scientists are the National Marine Fisheries Service for marine
fisheries, and the Fish and Wildlife Service for freshwater fisheries,
but many other agencies (EPA, Forest Service, etc.) also have jobs.
Be aware, however, that the federal government (as well as many state
agencies) tend to be bust or binge in their hiring practices.  Right
now, (and for the last few years), the federal government is
downsizing, and a hiring freeze is in effect.  Eventually, the
pendulum will swing back and the government will go on a hiring binge,
to be followed by yet another freeze.  You will need to be very
tenacious in your job search if you want to persue a career in
fisheries.  As for some possible leads, check the American Fisheries
Society home page at http://www.esd.ornl.gov/AFS/
Steven Atran
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
pohl@earthlink.net wrote:
>Hi, i'm considering going to school to study biology. i would like to know
>    if there presently are jobs in this field and what is predicted for      
>    years to come. does anyone know of a web site that would be helpful?
>    also, if there are jobs what area are they in?
>    thanks!  
>           mark - please email me with responce to pohl@earthlink.net

Kurt Oldenburg  wrote:
>(snip)
>The question I have is: where did the surplus of PhD's _REALLY_
>originate from? Is it due exclusively to an increase in the number of
>degrees granted yearly or is a decrease in hiring (both academic and
>industrial) also to blame?
I believe that it is a combination of factors
1) Cutback in the defense industry
2) Cutbacks in aireospace industry ( NASA, Boeing, etc.)
3) Surplus from former communist countries
4) Surplus from third world
5) Over production by universities
I wonder if we really have  a surplus of Ph.D.s or just a insufficient
jobs for Ph.Ds.  Nothing wrong with a Ph.D. but if everyone wants a
research job from it in their speciality, this probably can't happen. 
I wonder if we shouldn't be training Ph.Ds with other career
possibilities in mind.  The majority of Ph.D.s seem to find jobs
eventually -- although not always in their chosen profession. 
Collin Carbno
Physicist / Business Analyst
Saskatchewan Telecommmunications

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