Why read about visas

Furthermore, a resum6 listing more than 2 or 3 years of postdoctoral research raises some industrial recruiters concerns. In the absence of any explanation accompanying the resume, they wonder why anyone would spend so long in a temporary position. The fate of such a r sum can become indefinite postponement. With 50 other applications to consider—not an unusually large number of them—and routine work to accomplish, a chemist with a job to fill devotes little time to unanswered questions. 

It is important to continue to hunt jobs from the beginning of one s postdoctoral research. And, unless you have means of supp ort other than your own efforts, to defer the hunt until the end of your term is risky. 

This section mainly interests foreign-bom scientists seeking employment-based visas. But the section entitled Labor Certification concerns U.S. citizens and permanent residents. It explains the help-wanted advertisements that direct their applications to state employment agencies rather than to private employers. These advertisements are sometimes a source of wonderment. 

Chapter 7 / Qualifying and Searching for Jobs in the Drug Industry 

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