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3I think the answer varies for each person seeking a post doc depending on their personal goals and values.– Bryan Krause ♦Commented Feb 11 at 15:23
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2As Buffy wrote, it is better if you can get your advisor to help you with this. However, for what it is worth, I got a postdoc in a good university in Europe (roughly top 50 globally) just by sending a cold e-mail. I was definitely lucky, but I would not have lucked out without attempting it. (I sent 3 cold e-mails around that time. One got me the position; the other two resulted in me getting to know two great senior researchers with which I still stay in touch.)– Richard HardyCommented Feb 12 at 12:52
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I suspect the answer may also depend on geography and the field. I personally had good luck in reaching out to potential advisors, regardless of whether I knew them well beforehand or not.– AndreaCommented Feb 12 at 17:57
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