Career Services Office

Connecting students to global careers!

615 N. Wolfe St., Suite W1600410-955-3034

http://www.jhsph.edu/careersEmail: JHSPH.Careers@jhu.edu

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Who are Career Services?

Career Services StaffBetty H. Addison, M.S., Sr. Director, Student Life ServicesManages the office, coaches and advises students, plans, implements and conducts workshops and seminars, promotes and markets the Bloomberg School to employers, and coordinates Career Services publications. Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach

Paul Hutchinson, M.S., Assistant Director, Career ServicesProvides career coaching to students, conducts mock interviews, conducts workshops and seminars, coordinates the Public Health Career Fair, and manages Handshake. Certified University Career Coach.

VACANT, Assistant Director, Employer RelationsBuilds new and strengthens existing relationships with employers, oversees employer information sessions as well as the Public Health Career Fair, provides one-on-one career coaching to individuals within the biomedical research field.

VACANT, Sr. Administrative Coordinator Manages special career-related projects, coordinates the logistics of all career workshops and seminars, schedules appointments for director and assistant directors, enters jobs and internships in Handshake, assists with the public health career fair and the business card service.

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What does Career Services offer?

Career CoachingOur career coaches can help you…

improve your resume or CV

with yourjob/internship search

prepare for an interview

strategize career options

get the most out of your salary negotiation

To schedule an appointment, email JHSPH.Careers@jhu.edu or call 410-955-3034.

Public Health Career FairEvery year, the Bloomberg School of Public Health hosts a public health career fair that attracts dozens of employers from around the world – and provides students and alumni with an opportunity to search for jobs and build relationships with professionals in their field of interest.

In 2019, 57 employers filled Feinstone Hall and the 1st floor Gallery with over 500 students in attendance.

You can review the employers that have attended the fair most recently and download a copy of the 2019 career fair handbook. For more information, interested students can visit the career fair student information page.

NEXT Public Health Career FairFriday, March 6, 2020

http://www.jhsph.edu/careerfair

Public Health Career Fair

http://www.jhsph.edu/careerfair

2019 – 2020 Career PlannerThe Career Services Office maintains an essential tool for any public health job search – the Career Planner.

The Career Planner shows you…• how to develop an eye-catching resume• write the perfect cover letter and•even prepare for a public health career fair

In addition, you can download sections or the entire current version – Career Planner: Connecting Students to Global Careers

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/career-resources/career-planner/index.html

2019 – 2020 Career Planner

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/career-resources/career-planner/index.html

Business Card ServiceThe Business Card Service is available to all current students to place orders for business cards with the

JHSPH logo to highlight their degree information and important contact information.

The Business Card Service starts today (September 16) and end on Friday, October 25, 2019.

The cost for business cards is:• $40 for one box of 250 cards

https://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/2019_Business_Card_Service

Order forms are available for you to fill out!

Business Card Service

https://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/2019_Business_Card_Service

Public Health Career TreksPublic Health Career Treks are opportunities for a group of students to meet with public health employers for an informational visit.This unique opportunity provides students insight into an organization’s culture, mission, and vision. In the past, treks have included employer presentations, panel discussions, meetings with executives, or Q&A sessions.

Fall 2018 Career Treks• Avalere Health• Dalberg• Dexis Consulting Group• Manatt Health

Spring 2019 Career Treks• World Bank (pictured)• Maryland Dept. of Health (pictured)

Public Health EventsThe Career Services office hosted a total of 77 events in AY 2018 –

2019. These events included workshops, information sessions, panel discussions, invited speakers and the 35th Annual Public Health Career Fair.

https://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/events/

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What resources does Career Services have?

Career Services Main Page

http://www.jhsph.edu/careers

Career Services for Students

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/

Career Resources

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/career-resources/

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/helpful-resources/Resumes_CVs_and_Cover_Letters/Resumes

Career Resources - Resumes

Resumes – First impressions

Top two things to remember…1. Relevancy2. Clarity

The purpose of any resume is to get …

TO GET AN INTERVIEW!!!

6-Second Resume

The Ladders.com. “You have 6 seconds to make an impression: How recruiters see your resume.” 2012.

6 second resume review

A study by The Ladders, involving eye-tracking technology, shows that recruiters spend about six seconds reviewing your resume before making an initial "fit/no fit" decision.

SIX SECONDS! That's all the time you have to convince the recruiter to move forward with you.

In order to pass the six second review, you need to think like a recruiter and structure your resume with an easy to read flow and layout.

Questions to consider before writing resume

Who is my intended audience?

What is my biggest selling piece?

What resume format is best?

Do I have a job/position announcement to refer to?

What do I want the reader to notice in my resume?

Resume Format Chronological (Michelle Bloomberg)

•Reverse date order (present to past) & most

popular style

•Emphasis on job titles and organizational names

•Generally used by people with stable work

histories to show upward progression

•Can categorize based on experience

•Advantage: preferred format for

employers/recruiters

•Disadvantage: most recent experience might

not be most relevant or important

Resume Format Functional (Paige Health)•Focuses on transferable skills and qualifications of the individual

•Categories are defined by what you want to highlight

•Can neatly organize how cumulative experience at different places and times

•Be sure to include the work history

•Advantage: relevant training and experience can be grouped together

•Disadvantage: employers/recruiter do not like this format because they can not figure where and when you gained your experience

Resume Format Hybrid (John Hopkins)• Hybrid resumes are a combination of the

chronological format and functional format

• Since most public health students have divergent backgrounds, the hybrid style helps with organization of content

• Advantage: makes resume look chronological but relevant experience can appear in preferred order – great for PH students

• Disadvantage: dates are not consistent through out resume

General Tips• Tailor it to the position• Proofread! • Keep copies: create & save different versions • Read job descriptions carefully• Use 11-pt or 12-pt, legible fonts• Keep standard margins• No fancy fonts, colors or pictures

Final Thoughts1. Have one template, base resume that keeps track of

everything. An internal document no ones sees similar to a CV

2. Avoid “cookie-cutter” – one size does not fit all3. Create thematic resumes based on types of work

you are interested in pursuing4. One page resumes are not helpful for students

studying public health. It is OK have your resume be as many pages as you need, but the first 2 pages are MOST IMPORTANT!

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/helpful-resources/interviewing/interviewing

Career Resources - Interviewing

What do employers say they’re looking for?

Strong skill sets•Communication Skills•Leadership Skills•Technical Skills•Analytical Skills•Teamwork Skills•Interpersonal Skills•Problem Solving Skills

Personality Characteristics•Honesty/Integrity•Flexibility/Adaptability•Work Ethic•Motivation/Initiative•Academic Achievement

But, what they’re really looking for is…

• how will your personality fit in this organization• how interested are you in doing the work• how long do you plan on staying here• can you work in a team setting• can I (or we) count on you to get the job doneA conservative estimate is that you will spend at least 2100

hours a year working at an organization and it wants to be sure it knows what it will get out of you

Interviewing – A conversation about you

• If you’ve been called for an interview, then it means at least two things…

- you have the minimum qualifications- someone thinks you can do the job

• The best types of interviews are the ones where you evolve into a conversation with your interviewer

– If you get to this point, hopefully your conversation will begin to center around your passions and interests

– If your interview is just question, then answer, question, then answer, it might not be going so well

Interviewing = PersonalityInterviews are all about how your personality is going to “fit”

into:• an organization’s culture• a team’s group dynamics• a supervisor’s working style• the various personality types

The interviewer really is trying to dig at or probe into what type of personality you have so it is best to act as natural as possible to allow your personality to come out

Preparing for the Interview

Prepare so well that you don’t care how well you do

Enter the interview with a strong confidence in you

The less nervous you can be, the more likely your personality will be natural

You will not have a perfect interview – it doesn’t exist

Bad interviews are not bad – there are just ones that you can learn from

Interviewing is a practiced skill – the more you do it, the better you will get at it

Answering Interview Questions

With any interview, there are the “asked questions” and there are the “questions-behind-the-questions”.

Questions are usually open-ended and used to probe deeper into you as a person.

Questions are not usually asked to make you look bad or perform badly during the interview.

Review the Commonly Asked Interview Questions and the QBQ handout

Behavioral Interview Questions• Give an example of a time when you could

not participate in a discussion or could not finish a task because you did not have enough information.

• When have you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision.

• Tell me about a time when you had to use you spoken communications skills in order to get a point across that was important to you.

• Provide an example of a time when you user you fact-finding skills to gain information needed to solve a problem; then tell me how you analyzed the information and come to a decision.

• Give me an example of an important goal you had set and tell me about your progress in reaching it.

• Describe the most significant written document, report, or presentation that you've completed.

• Demonstrate for me a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get the job done.

Behavioral questions are used to show how previous behaviors can be predictors of your future performance

There are no wrong answers to these questions!!!!

The key here is to be specific, but don’t get caught up storytelling!!

How to prepare for a behavior interview? • Review the job description and highlight all the soft skills mentioned

• Leadership• Team-work• Communication Skills (both written and oral) • Problem Solving Skills • Time-management Skills

• Brainstorm scenarios from your past experiences that highlight these soft skills• Review your resume to help identify examples

• Then use the STAR technique to develop a response to potential questions• Provides specific evidence of your skills and capabilities• Vary your examples

• Do not memorize your answer brainstorming and writing out a potential response, you will be able to recall past accomplishments with more confidence!

Be a STAR Interviewer

• Situation• Describe a particular situation you were• Set the scene: who, what, where, when?

• Task• Clearly state the goal you were working towards

• Action• Describe the actions you took to address the situation • Specifically focus on your contribution

• Result• Describe the outcome of your actions• What did you accomplish? What did you learn?

Review the Behavioral Interviewing & the STAR Technique handout

Illegal Questions & Asking Questions

Illegal QuestionsMost employers are familiar with the laws regarding what questions they can ask and what they can not ask.If you feel a question is inappropriate, don’t get upset and refuse to answer.

–Ask the question “Can you tell me how that pertains to the job?” in a polite and respective way

Asking QuestionsYou should have questions prepared. It is your chance to interview the interviewer. Come prepared with 2-3 questions.Don’t ask questions that can be readily found on the company websiteAsk questions that will directly affect you or shows your interest in the companies successClarifying questions are OKSame questions you might use during an informational interview

http://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/career-services/for-students/helpful-resources/networking/networking

Career Resources - Networking

Why is networking important?It is important because only 15% of available jobs are advertised through company webpages and online resources (CareerBuilder.com, Indeed.com, Monster.com)

That means that the other 85% are found by being in the right place at the right time, through word of mouth...(aka, Networking)

Networking - MisunderstoodSome jobseekers misunderstand the purpose of networking. They think it's all about them

They constantly ask without giving, which is the quickest way to drive away people to network with

Networking is not quickly acquiring names of people just to get a job

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Networking (re-defined)

Networking is simply talking and listening to people while at the same time developing relationships around common interests & experiences

Why is networking so stressful?

The “meeting” people part of networking can be intimidating – it takes us out of our comfort zone!

Networking should be more about “planting the seed” and building “advocates”

Informational Interviewing = Networking Ice BreakersInformational interviewing can be your first step in networking with

anyone – Alumni, Faculty, Professional, etc.

What to remember:1.Not asking for a job2.Think like a reporter gathering information3.Planting the “seed” for future help4.People generally like to talk about themselves and usually they are

willing to help

Informational Interviewing – How it helps?

Create advocates – other people can be your “eyes” and “ears”

Informational Interviewing – How it helps?

Influential introductions -new or old connections can help you to “meet” people you wouldn’t otherwise know or know how to connect with them

The Power of LinkedIn

Your Profile is your online “first impression”Priorities:

1. Top Fold2. Summary 3. Experience

JHSPH Alumni in LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/school/johns-hopkins-bloomberg-school-of-public-health/

Where they live & where they work

Where they live & where they work

What they do & what they studied

What they do & what they studied

What they are skilled at & how you are connected

What they are skilled at & how you are connected

GoHop Online

GoHop Online

GoHop Online

JHU Shared Career Resources Website

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List of JHU Shared Career Resources• Candid Career - Candid Career has thousands of

career videos to help you find your dream job. Want interview tips, job information, or career guidance for students.

• CQ Interactive - The most advanced on-line interactive case training developed. CQI focuses on the skills you need to walk into the case interview well prepared and confident.

• GoinGlobal - GoinGlobal helps job and internship seekers find opportunities both at home and abroad.

• Interview Stream - InterviewStream powered by RIVS is an easy to use online video interviewing solution company that provides a hiring advantage and advanced recruiting technology

• Vault - Vault.com provides in-depth intelligence on what it’s really like to work within an industry, company, or profession—and how to position yourself to launch and build the career you want.

• Versatile PhD - Versatile PhD is the oldest, largest online community dedicated to non-academic and non-faculty careers for PhDs in humanities, social science and STEM

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Does Career Services have a job board?

What is Handshake?Handshake is a career services system that will be implemented across all JHU schools in July-August 2018Handshake will be the place for students to:• access career services resources• learn about career-related events such as recruiter meetings and

career fairs• connect with career services staff

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