Dear Muhammad Danish Ali ,

I hope this gives you a bit of an insight. Just to mention, this is my personal opinion/experience so far doing a postdoc.

I believe it depends a lot on the area you are looking basically, but normally, a postdoc position starts to consider a bit less the experimental lab work and you start transitioning to grant writing, some master students supervision, etc etc. In general, as a postdoc you are normally considered as an individual that can carry on a research project (not looking for the funding, at least at the beginning) by itself, with low or no supervision at all.

In my experience, I had the freedom to choose what to research (even though there was a general idea behind the project), how to do it and what experiments to perform. I think that the main aspect/skill that is considered when you become a postdoc is not your experience in doing research, but more your independence in doing it by yourself, in a professional manner/way, and probably also in guiding some students or so.

To find it there are several ways. I think that a CV and a motivation letter are the best ways to approach a research group for which you are interested in working with. Also the job posts that ResearchGate offers might be useful. Normally, you can check about the latest papers of your area, and who is doing that research, and just send an email showing your interest. If you want to check opportunities abroad, more in a general way, there is a webpage called Euraxess, that shows you all the opportunities in Europe. I believe there is another one also for Singapur, and I tend to think that for China as well. Another thing also might be checking the webpages of the Universities. Normally these have a section called "Research" in which you can see the research groups and areas.

Finally, just an observation: some postdocs are very related to industry (normally in regions like Europe or North America), since companies are involved in research projects. As a postdoc, you could start doing research for an University but then moving to industry. This is a good aspect in case you are interested in trying some positions in the private sector.

Anything you decide will be fine, is part of enjoying the experience, try it, and in case you do not like it, look to move to another sector or another activity. I wish you the best of luck!

Agustin Forchetti Casarino Thank you so much for your valuable experience. I will consider all the points that you shared. These points will help me when I will try to search for a position for myself. Once again Thank you so much