Selecting a related topic with doctoral research topic or entirely different field .Which one will be good for post doctoral studies.
Hi Noble, it really depends on your career goals. If you are planning to stay in academia, selecting a different area within your dectoral research field would be better.
This is usually mutual. While graduate students are looking for good labs for post-doc positions, the PIs (principle investigator, who put out a post-doc position ad), on the other hand, also want to select a good candidate. And, I believe that most PIs want to choose a candidate who at least has some 'experience or knowledge' in the funds-supported projects. This can facilitate the progress of the projects and finish the projects in time. A quick finish of the projects means that they can present the data, write more grant proposals and hire more post-docs. So, when looking for a post-doc job, if your CV demonstrates that your expertise is in a specific area and you submit your CV to a lab of 'entire different field', most likely you won't get a response from the PI. I am not saying that you definitely can not get one, but the chance probably is very low. Remember, the competition for a post-doc position in a good lab is pretty tough these days too.
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