Career Services:Starting with the End in Mind

ASPH

Darren Kaltved

Assistant Director, Career Services

University of Minnesota – School of Public Health

ASPH

October 27, 2012

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DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFINGABOUT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Location:• Minneapolis, MN

4 Divisions: • Biostatistics• Environmental Health Sciences• Epidemiology & Community Health• Health Policy & Management

Total Enrollment:• 1400

WHY THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTHhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvscyK0fNVM

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DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFING

Master of Public Health:• Biostatistics (1)• Community Health Promotion (72)• Environmental Health (96)• Epidemiology (91)• Public Health Practice (152)• Maternal & Child Health (79)• Public Health Administration & Policy (77)• Public Health Nutrition (51)• Health Informatics (Fall 2013)

Master of Science:• Biostatistics (43)• Clinical Research (46)• Environmental Health (23)• Health Services Research, Policy, & Admin (22)

Master of Healthcare Administration:• Full-time & Executive MHA (218)

Doctoral:• Biostatistics (30)• Environmental Health (33)• Epidemiology (57)• Health Services Research, Policy & Admin (60)

DEGREE PROGRAMS

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DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFING

Certificate Programs:• Aging Studies (5)• Biostatistics (0)• Clinical Research (5)• Core Concepts (77)• Food Protection (2)• Performance Improvement – PH Track (31)• Preparedness, Response, & Recovery (8)• Health Informatics (Summer 2013)

Minors:• Public Health (undergraduate)• MPH students can now minor in any offered

through the U of MN

Dual Degree Programs:• Social Work (MSW & MPH)• Medicine (MD & MPH)• Law (JD & MPH, or MHA)• Pharmacy (PharmD & MPH)• Dentistry (DDS & MPH)• Business (MBA & MHA)• Public Policy (MPP or MURP & MPH)

Interdisciplinary Concentrations:• Global Health• Health Disparities• Public Health Policy

CERTIFICATE & DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

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Value of Career Services

What or when is the end? We believe that when students end with us, it is their beginning. Our job is to assist them in knowing how to successfully begin their Public Health career and provide them with the tools and resources needed.

MISSIONOur mission is to provide professional, comprehensive, lifelong career services and resources to SPH students, post-docs, and alumni. Our goal is to facilitate the career development process to ensure confidence in conducting a competitive job search and helping to maximize each individual’s career potential.

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SPH CAREER SERVICES PERSPECTIVE

• Admitted Student Reception

• Orientation

• Program Specific Career Workshops

• Career Spotlights

• Field Experience Expo

• Mentor Program

• Individual & Group Career Counseling

HOW WE START WITH THE END IN MIND

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MARCH

ADMITTED STUDENT RECEPTION

• Provide three 45-minute presentations: (groups of 20-30 each)

• About Career Services

• Field Experience Process

• Community Engagement Opportunities

• How to Find Graduate Assistantships

• Received several appointment and resume review requests as a

result of presentation.

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AUGUST

ORIENTATION (Day 1)• Promote Services and Resources as an Exhibitor at the Resource

Fair. (200-300)

ORIENTATION (Day 2)• Provide a 45-minute presentation that includes a student panel.• Panelists talk about finding graduate assistantships, and how

they have benefited from our office. (80-100)

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SEPTEMBER

PROGRAM SPECIFIC CAREER WORKSHOPS• Provide Career Services workshops to all first-year students in

the following programs:- MPH - Public Health Administration and Policy (PHAP)- Healthcare Administration (MHA)

• Workshops provide information on the following topics:- Career Services Timeline- Resumes- Social Media and Personal Branding- Networking- Cover Letters, Interviewing (Spring Semester)

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OCTOBER-NOVEMBERFIELD EXPERIENCE EXPO

• The Field Experience Expo is a week-long program devoted to educating students on how to find and secure a field experience.- Information Sessions- Open Houses- Poster Presentations- Preceptor Meet & Greet- “Pop-in” Hours

SPH MENTOR PROGRAM• The SPH Mentor Program is one of the largest in the country and

comprises between 170-200 mentorship pairs. (Oct. – Apr.)

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AUGUST - MAYPROGRAM “CAREER SPOTLIGHTS”

• SPH Career Services developed Program “Career Spotlights” for all MPH, MHA, M.S., and Ph.D. programs.

• Each program spotlight includes:- Where are our graduates going (geographical information)- Salary Information- Job Outlook- Position Titles (sample)- Employers (sample)- Field Experience sites (Minnesota, National, and International)- Professional Associations (specific to program)

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FEEDBACK/IMPROVEMENTS1. For consistency purposes, we would like to see all SPH majors (or

programs) offer the opportunity to provide career services workshops to their students.

2. With the anticipated hire of a new Director of Alumni Relations, our goal is to work more closely with this person regarding the Mentor Program and career-related collaborations.

3. Student and Event Tracking System (C3M): We are currently exploring student and event tracking systems that will provide us the information and the ability to easily use tracking data for planning, communication and assessment.

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RESOURCESPROGRAM “CAREER SPOTLIGHTS”

• http://www.sph.umn.edu/careers/spotlights/

SPH MENTOR PROGRAM• http://www.sph.umn.edu/alumni/mentor/

SPH CAREER SERVICES• http://www.sph.umn.edu/careers/

CAREER SERVICES BLOG• http://www.sph.umn.edu/careers-blog/

CAREER SERVICES Contact Info

BARB LAPORTEDirector

blaporte@umn.edu

DARREN KALTVEDAssistant Director

dkaltved@umn.edu

Thanks for coming!

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