Base: NON-GRAD STUDENTS, NON-POST DOCS

Q13. Thinking back to your first, full-time position: How much time elapsed from when you started applying for that position to when you obtained it?

 

 

  GENDER

 

COMPLETED PH.D.

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

 

 

OVERSEE

 

TIER

 

PURSUE PHD AGAIN  

 

 

 

M

F

PRE 1970

1970'S

1980'S

1990'S

WHT

ASIAN

OTH

TRAINEES

PI

OTH

INDUSTRY

MD NOT

TRAINEES

TOP

SECOND

THIRD

Y

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/LITTLE

ACADEM

 

PHD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Respondents

 

1917

1288

628

408

753

634

76

1684

119

77

 

1069

421

119

106

1466

635

497

584

1320

432

 

R

100%

67%

33%

21%

39%

33%

4%

88%

6%

4%

 

56%

22%

6%

6%

76%

33%

26%

30%

69%

23%

 

C

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THREE MTHS OR LESS

 

460

317

143

163

166

95

21

416

19

13

 

226

103

32

46

338

150

115

144

336

81

 

R

100%

69%

31%

35%

36%

21%

5%

90%

4%

3%

 

49%

22%

7%

10%

73%

33%

25%

31%

73%

18%

 

C

24%

25%

23%

40%

22%

15%

28%

25%

16%

17%

 

21%

24%

27%

43%

23%

24%

23%

25%

25%

19%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOUR MTHS TO SIX

 

477

338

138

118

208

135

8

431

18

19

 

282

109

24

25

372

158

128

155

343

99

MTHS

R

100%

71%

29%

25%

44%

28%

2%

90%

4%

4%

 

59%

23%

5%

5%

78%

33%

27%

32%

72%

21%

 

C

25%

26%

22%

29%

28%

21%

11%

26%

15%

25%

 

26%

26%

20%

24%

25%

25%

26%

27%

26%

23%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEVEN MTHS TO A

 

477

339

138

67

204

184

16

416

31

23

 

303

84

37

18

395

187

130

110

327

114

YEAR

R

100%

71%

29%

14%

43%

39%

3%

87%

6%

5%

 

64%

18%

8%

4%

83%

39%

27%

23%

69%

24%

 

C

25%

26%

22%

16%

27%

29%

21%

25%

26%

30%

 

28%

20%

31%

17%

27%

29%

26%

19%

25%

26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVER A YEAR

 

278

183

95

22

103

141

10

230

30

11

 

178

59

17

3

214

82

62

105

169

84

 

R

100%

66%

34%

8%

37%

51%

4%

83%

11%

4%

 

64%

21%

6%

1%

77%

29%

22%

38%

61%

30%

 

C

15%

14%

15%

5%

14%

22%

13%

14%

25%

14%

 

17%

14%

14%

3%

15%

13%

12%

18%

13%

19%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

9

4

5

 

1

3

3

7

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

3

1

3

5

2

 

R

100%

44%

56%

 

11%

33%

33%

78%

22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

44%

33%

11%

33%

56%

22%

 

C

0%

0%

1%

 

0%

0%

4%

0%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFUSE

 

216

107

109

38

71

76

18

184

19

11

 

80

66

9

14

143

55

61

67

140

52

 

R

100%

50%

50%

18%

33%

35%

8%

85%

9%

5%

 

37%

31%

4%

6%

66%

25%

28%

31%

65%

24%

 

C

11%

8%

17%

9%

9%

12%

24%

11%

16%

14%

 

7%

16%

8%

13%

10%

9%

12%

11%

11%

12%