Dr. Katie Schenk Is Now on Substack

Dr. Katie Schenk is now on Substack where she will continue her series “The Public Health Workforce Is Not Okay.”
Read moreDr. Katie Schenk is now on Substack where she will continue her series “The Public Health Workforce Is Not Okay.”
Read moreEric Coles, Heather Krasna, and Tameir Holder describe the work they’re doing to increase awareness and funding for public health activities.
Read moreDr. Katie Schenk interrupts her series on the public health employment market to reflect on the ending of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Read moreDr. Katie Schenk offers examples of the hoops she has been jumping through in search of steady and meaningful public health employment.
Read moreWithout the employer telling me when they consider me to be out of the running for a position, how would I ever know? Even after “only” submitting written materials, ghosting is a very disappointing and dispiriting practice.
Read moreThis week, Dr. Katie Schenk offers advice on how to document and analyze the job application process by getting vulnerable about her own job search experience.
Read moreThis week, Dr. Katie Schenk examines how to decide which public health jobs are worth going through the effort of making an application.
Read moreWith opportunities in public health increasingly advertised as consulting contracts rather than job opportunities, get ready for even lower expectations regarding employer accountability to the workforce.
Read moreIn the second season of this column, Dr. Katie Schenk re-opens the discussion around the public health workforce with a renewed focus on the strengths found through developing community and on the experience of job-hunting in public health.
Read moreDr. Katie Schenk distills her suggestions over the last 10 weeks and directs them towards 3 groups of constituents within our public health community, arranged according to perceived power in shaping the public health sector.
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