Any Lab Technicians?

[child of 2]

Apparently, this is somewhat of an universal trend among the people here, but I am not confident about my position in this application season. As a fall back, I'm thinking about applying for lab technician positions at universities of interest as a fallback. It's a win win because there is a salary, frequent exposure to the faculty members, probably a 12 month cycle, and the likelihood of reapplying next year.

 

So I'm wondering who here has experience with lab technician positions? When is the hiring season, how can you find them, etc. More information the better.

[Biohopeful]

I would start applying in mid-March to early April for lab tech positions.  It can sometimes take up to a month, if not more for the hiring process and associated paperwork to go through.  Lab positions are always open, but I would apply earlier to beat the rush of other graduates looking for positions.

 

Universities will have them posted on the university website under careers/employment, so I would browse those, and also look at websites for companies in the area to see if they have any openings.  Sometimes these jobs will be cross-listed onto more general websites like indeed.com or monster, so I would browse these sites as well.

 

Good luck!