Career Discussion: Keeping the End in Mind

1. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
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

2. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFING
ABOUT 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 HEALTH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvscyK0fNVM

3. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFING
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Master of Public Health: Master of Healthcare Administration:
• Biostatistics (1) • Full-time & Executive MHA (218)
• Community Health Promotion (72)
• Environmental Health (96) Doctoral:
• Epidemiology (91) • Biostatistics (30)
• Public Health Practice (152) • Environmental Health (33)
• Maternal & Child Health (79) • Epidemiology (57)
• Public Health Administration & Policy (77) • Health Services Research, Policy & Admin (60)
• 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)

4. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
DEMOGRAPHICS & STAFFING
CERTIFICATE & DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Certificate Programs: Dual Degree Programs:
• Aging Studies (5) • Social Work (MSW & MPH)
• Biostatistics (0) • Medicine (MD & MPH)
• Clinical Research (5) • Law (JD & MPH, or MHA)
• Core Concepts (77) • Pharmacy (PharmD & MPH)
• Food Protection (2) • Dentistry (DDS & MPH)
• Performance Improvement – PH Track (31) • Business (MBA & MHA)
• Preparedness, Response, & Recovery (8) • Public Policy (MPP or MURP & MPH)
• Health Informatics (Summer 2013)
Interdisciplinary Concentrations:
Minors: • Global Health
• Public Health (undergraduate) • Health Disparities
• MPH students can now minor in any offered • Public Health Policy
through the U of MN

5. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
Value of Career Services

6. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
SPH CAREER SERVICES PERSPECTIVE
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.
MISSION
Our 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.

7. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
HOW WE START WITH THE END IN MIND
• Admitted Student Reception
• Orientation
• Program Specific Career Workshops
• Career Spotlights
• Field Experience Expo
• Mentor Program
• Individual & Group Career Counseling

8. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
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.

9. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
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)

10. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
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)

11. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
FIELD 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.)

12. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
AUGUST - MAY
PROGRAM “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)

13. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
FEEDBACK/IMPROVEMENTS
1. 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.

14. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
RESOURCES
PROGRAM “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/

15. CAREER SERVICES
School of Public Health
CAREER SERVICES Contact Info
BARB LAPORTE
Director
blaporte@umn.edu
DARREN KALTVED
Assistant Director
dkaltved@umn.edu
Thanks for coming!