Evergreen postdoc opening
I am interested in a specific group at a specific US national lab. I will finish my PhD in 1-1.5 years. I’m not looking for jobs yet but I kinda like to casually look at relevant openings for future reference. That group posted an opening for a postdoc 6 months ago. The PI also posted on LinkedIn that they are looking for someone.
Since then, they have been consistently reposting that opening in LinkedIn periodically. The job is still up after 6 months and the group hasn’t hired any new postdoc as well in this timeframe. I think it’s quite impossible that they haven’t found a single suitable candidate in the current job market. There must be hundreds of applicants, why haven’t they still hired someone in 6 months!? I am just asking this out of curiosity if anyone knows what is happening.