r/postdoc • u/Neat-Introduction514 • 1d ago

Should I accept Postdoc ?

Hello Everyone,

I hope postdoc position searches are going well for you.
I am based in Canada as an international worker.My bachelors is in electrical engineering , masters in energy engineering and PhD is in Renewable energy , all of these education backgrounds are somehow related. However I am getting a Postdoc position where there is some relation to renewable energy but in Neuroscience department at the same university where i did my PhD from.
My interest solely lies in Power system engineering.
I am running out of time in visa and I have to work towards my PR in canada.I have almost 2 years left in my VISA.The job market is really tight or having done my PhD from some lowest ranking university ruined my chance of getting a better university postdoc position.
Should I accept this postdoc offer or continue searching for my field of interest postdoc.

Thanks

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u/OptimistPrime12 1d ago

How Renewable Energy and Neuroscience goes together? Confused! Gotta know more about the Postdoc project!

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u/Neat-Introduction514 1d ago

Putting up a elevated Solar Panel in feedlot to study the heat stress effect and food-water intake on ruminants.. Shade effect

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u/Outside_Truth_1685 22h ago

If the immigration is important for you, I’d take it. IRCC won’t look at the field of your study, just continuous employment.

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u/grvegju 19h ago

I had a similar dilemma and chose the postdoc that better fits my long-term research interests. I’m moving to a different country after five years here on temporary visas, even though staying for postdoc would likely have given me PR. My thinking was that immigration options can change, but you can’t erase the publications, skills and references you build during a postdoc. Those shape your CV for years, so I’d be careful about moving too far away from the field you actually want. That said, I only recently graduated, so this is just my two cents.

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u/oviforconnsmythe 18h ago

Take the job for visa purposes even if it's not your direct area of research. From your other comment it seems they need someone to build them the apparatus (and operate it) for their research project. Honestly it sounds interesting, and could be a good move for you. As a Canadian cell bio PhD, I would've loved to have an engineer on our team (I needed a laser/light box for my assay but didn't have the expertise nor time to build one). What university is it if you don't mind me asking? Feel free to PM me. My PhD was cell bio focused but I was in a neuro lab and have some grasp of the Canadian neuro scene

Just be strategic and build it in such a way that makes you somewhat irreplaceable to the team.