Just got out of an initial interview with a Chinese lab. I was nervous at even the thought of moving that far, but they showed more interest in hiring me than any American lab (probably because Americans have no money for science). I'm setting up a time to present my research to them.
It's been really hard to find work, so while I'm nervous at the prospect of going somewhere so (supposedly) different, I hope this goes well.
its just the americans tend to be cheapskates and would rather hire a few "x-years of experience" rather than the one that needs it the most entry and junior level to train them up., it saves them money,. im pretty you kinda experienced that already. tech is heading this way in the near future(biotech is already there with them mostly rejecting candidates". american ones are going to face a dwindling talent pool once the "experience one ages out/retire". plus many of them prefer visa holders over actual americans. ive done the same job search you did and its likely resulted in what im talking about. that is why some area of biotech is kept artificially shortaged , they cant have junior/fresh grads competing with skeleton crewed scientists.
plus(i think the bio job statistics are heavily skewed towards nursing, likely biotech has a much higher unemployment rate than 3.5)
I'm not really comparable.
Companies aren't innovative enough for me, so I'm strictly in academia or research institutes. I also had an exceptionally long PhD (~8 years+1 postdoc), so I don't think anyone would accuse me of being inexperienced in my field. For me, it's more that no one has any idea if they'll be getting their grants because the Trump Administration is deliberately bogging them down. I've gotten a decent number of people who think I'm a good fit, but have to know if their grants will be awarded before they can start the hiring process for anyone.