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.”
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Growing the Grassroots Power of Public Health
Eric Coles, Heather Krasna, and Tameir Holder describe the work they’re doing to increase awareness and funding for public health activities.
Read moreSunrise, Sunset: A Reflection on the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Dr. Katie Schenk interrupts her series on the public health employment market to reflect on the ending of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Read moreJumping through Hoops: Some Qualitative Reflections on the Job Search
Dr. Katie Schenk offers examples of the hoops she has been jumping through in search of steady and meaningful public health employment.
Read moreHaunted House: The Unacceptable Practice of Ghosting
Without 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 moreDéjà-vu and Data Viz: The Job Application Process
This 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 moreJob Applications: How Much Will You Get Out of Bed For?
This week, Dr. Katie Schenk examines how to decide which public health jobs are worth going through the effort of making an application.
Read moreWhat Does Job Security Mean in Public Health?
With 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 moreIt’s Not You, It’s Public Health
In 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 moreRebuilding the Public Health Workforce: A Summary that Wants to Be a Manifesto
Dr. 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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