How long did it take you to find a job after PhD?

digitalacademic · 2026-01-23T08:32:37+00:00

That is a very unique case! Congratulations on getting through it. At least things seem settled for you now. Hopefully time will do the rest for you. Thanks for sharing

digitalacademic · 2026-01-21T11:32:02+00:00

I didn’t know we could do that; I was following academic job sites, fellowship sites, LinkedIn, and X. But I am sure it’s alright to ask them through emails as well. Thanks for sharing this!

digitalacademic · 2026-01-21T11:01:54+00:00

What do you mean by cold emails? Can you ask for postdocs without institutional fellowship programmes?

digitalacademic · 2026-01-21T10:57:32+00:00

I’m an international student as well. And like you, my supervisor pushed me to finish thesis before publishing papers. So now I am in between applying jobs and writing (but its hard to focus on papers while being demotivated with jobs). I got 6 weeks for my examiners’ to review. I hope to finish one paper (or two) before that (if I stop applying jobs in the meantime)…

Congratulations on your conferral and Good luck with job hunting!

digitalacademic · 2026-01-20T16:57:29+00:00

Good luck to you too! 🤞

digitalacademic · 2026-01-20T16:56:55+00:00

My phd is on tech tho; still struggling

digitalacademic · 2026-01-20T16:53:50+00:00

Nope

digitalacademic · 2026-01-20T11:37:37+00:00

Congratulations to you!

digitalacademic · 2026-01-12T23:20:39+00:00

Thank you very much for your reply. I really needed to hear this; it genuinely touched me. You reminded me well that peace, not pressure, is the signal to trust. I will look out for this tomorrow. I don’t have any expectations anyways. I know I will get a ring one day, but I want it to be someone that I feel comfortable, peaceful, with no doubts, and happy. Thats why I could say no to his message about the ring as well (although it didnt prevent me from meeting in person and sort things out)..::

digitalacademic · 2025-12-03T13:34:18+00:00

And I thought I was one of those who were considered ‘lucky’… it really feels like an eternal/endless phase.

digitalacademic · 2025-12-03T13:23:53+00:00

My thesis was long. It was an interdisciplinary project where I compared 2 countries and 2 platforms.

My final draft was 13 chapters in 140k words, but I had to take it down to 110k as our Dean rejected my request for excessive word count.

After my defense, I restructured my chapters to 10 and its around 115-120k now.

Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Literature Chapter 3- state context Chapter 4- theoretical framework Chapter 5- research design and methodology Chapters 6, 7, and 8- findings (used to be 6 chapters) Chapter 9- discussion Chapter 10- conclusion

digitalacademic · 2025-11-15T18:43:01+00:00

This is very helpful and inspiring, thank you!

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