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anyone with an MPH? job advice needed

My friend recently graduated with her MPH from a top 5 program. She's been searching for jobs, and nothing is panning out (interviews getting cancelled because of lost funding for example). I hate seeing her so down, so I wanted to know if there are any MPHers that can give me advice that I can relay to her. Are there states that are  hiring (she's been focusing her job search on the east coast primarily)? What about websites or company's? Thanks for any help you can give. 

Re: anyone with an MPH? job advice needed

  • What kind of MPH is she? Depending on her focus, she may be able to broaden the type of organization she's looking at. Though lots and lots of MPHers work in government jobs, now is the wrong time to be looking there as public health has been deeply, deeply slashed in every county and state.
  • I have an MPH (and my CHES), and public health is a really, really hard field to break into right now.  The funding just isn't there.

    Does your friend have a concentration of any kind?  What types of jobs is she looking for? 

    While metropolitan areas are typically the best places (due to more funding) for public health jobs, they'll also be the areas that are most saturated with public health practitioners.  If she's willing to relocate, I think that the midwest would be a better place.  I just saw a job opening in Wyoming (can't remember where exactly) for a public health professional to work on emergency preparedness.  Utah and Minnesota are two other states that place a very high value on public health and fund it accordingly. 

    Also, have her check the NACCHO website for job postings, and tell her to get involved (if she isn't already) with APHA and SOPHE.

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  • I'm wondering if she's more epidemiology or biostats or something? Mine is in health education, too, and I have only worked for non-profits, and in positions that did not expect an MPHer to occupy. Which is why depending on her MPH, she could look outside of the MPH box. Funding is an issue, but especially if she is looking at local, state or federal government jobs. Well established non-profits seem to be weathering the storm a bit better. Well, at least where I live.
  • Thanks for the replies everyone. I believe her concentration was in epidemiology, but I'm not 100% sure. 
  • I have an MPH and went into clinic management.  Would she ever want to work in a clinic environment?
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