Post Doctoral Research Associate Career Path
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Based on 19 Jobtrees users who were a Post Doctoral Research Associate in their career, on average, they have 2.33 years of experience and 1 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.7 years on average in this job building experience and earn $71K per year before moving on.
0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Post Doctoral Research Associate are Senior Research Fellow, Intern and Process Engineer. Senior Research Fellow, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Senior Research Fellow is from the same job family, Research - Academic, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Process Engineer, also being a common career path from Post Doctoral Research Associate.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Post Doctoral Research Associate are Research Fellow, Research Assistant and Consultant based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Research Fellow, the most common step before Post Doctoral Research Associate, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
While Research Fellow is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Post Doctoral Research Associate that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Post Doctoral Research Associate career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Post Doctoral Research Associate so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Research Fellow isn't from the same job family as Post Doctoral Research Associate, Research - Academic, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Research Assistant also being a common career path to Post Doctoral Research Associate.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Research Fellow being on the path to and from Post Doctoral Research Associate. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Post Doctoral Research Associate is part of the Research - Academic job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Post Doctoral Research Associate are Post-doctoral Research Associate.
Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Post Doctoral Research Associate.