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Career Planning for SHSP Students

As an SHSP graduate student, here is what do you need to know about career readiness: 

• Understand the key soft skills employers are looking for in today’s candidates
• Identify your skills to help prepare you for interviews
• Enhance job-seeking skills in an online curriculum that will help you to get the right job
• Develop a 30-second pitch and talking points for interviews
• Learn about online, local, national and health care specific resources for job searching
• Access local and national jobs on the platform job board where employers will post employment opportunities  

Do you have the skills needed to be career ready? Learn how to effectively communicate to employers how you provide the key skills identified by top employers:  

• Critical thinking/decision making
• Oral/written communication
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Information technology application
• Leadership
• Professionalism/work ethic
• Career management

Public Health Career and Internship Resources

• Explorehealthcareers.org provides updated and peer-reviewed public health career information sponsored by the Federation of Schools and Health Professions (FASHA).
• ZipRecruiter Public Health Jobs

For more information, contact the SHSP Office of Admissions at (914) 594-4759 or shsp_admssions@nymc.edu.