how to answer questions on why you've left your last position? - (Sep/11/2013 )

mdfenko on Thu Sep 12 11:47:45 2013 said:

i would just say that the contract expired.

Seems normal, but many of them than ask: and how come you did not get a renewal? You didnt want to stay? They didnt want you ....?

YOu need to be sure to cover all the bases.

Especially if you, also said that you liked the worked, did build out al the basics for further research etc...

she did get an extension. that should be evidence enough that her work was more than acceptable.

normal labs (and i know that they are becoming scarcer) want their post docs to move on (hopefully to a permanent position, but, at least, to another post doc that will allow them to continue to grow).

You can say that when your contract expired you managed to get an extension, but the current economical situation in your lab does not allow you to continue. This is a real and very common situation at least in my country...

Good luck!