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lamphier@nnnnnooooospm (@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp) wrote:
: A. S. M. Shamsuzzaman wrote:

: > 
: > Dear Sir/Madam,
: > 
: > I am enclosing a copy of my Curriculum Vitae for your kind consideration
: > 
: > of the above mentioned position. At present, I am a Ph.D. student of the
: > 
: > Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Division of Higher Nervous


: Just out of curiosity, has anyone heard of a person being successful in
: finding a postdoc by posting their resume in newsgroups? To me it seems
: like a waste of time, unless you are not real particular about where you
: want to go. 

: I assume you may also be following a more productive strategy for
: finding a postdoc, but just in case I will make a few simple
: suggestions. You are the best resource for finding out which labs are

May I disagree? Although we don't have many postdocs here, I have 
ever forwarded such resume to others who were looking for postdoc.

Posting resume this way is certainly a cost-benefitial way. I am not
sure what you mean by being "productive", but if we define it as
"success rate/cost in $$", this must be very productive. Even you
don't have to spend much time (see just to how many groups he has
posted this - I am not encouraging anyone posting to irrelevant
groups though).