Corona Careers

Welcome to 2021. The beginning of the year is a good time to review your resume. A well-crafted resume is an important first step in branding for your job search. In this episode, Laura and Paul use  their years of experience reviewing resumes to share their top tips and help you to revive your resume.  

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As 2020 comes to a close, we wanted to take a step back and talk about clinical research jobs. These jobs can cover a broad range which includes lab and pharmacy techs, coordinators, managers and nurses. In our final episode of the year, we speak with two staff from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) - Senior Recruiter, Christine Saint-Amand, and COVID-19 Research Area Clinical Research Manager, Julia Rozman. Both of them talk about what HJF is looking for when hiring, research skills from academia that can be transferable in the workplace and more.

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The top 3 issues swirling around us now are scale, scarcity, and skepticism. The scale of the pandemic right now.  The scarcity of the vaccine.  The skepticism of many Americans to take it.  In this episode, we speak with Lois Privor-Dumm, a Bloomberg Senior Research Associate and Senior Advisor, Policy Advocacy & Communications and Director of Adult Immunization at the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC). Lois breaks down these challenges and discusses the jobs that will emerge in government, nonprofits, academia, pharma and manufacturing companies to get the vaccine into people’s arms. 

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The Civilian Conservation Corps built many of our nation’s parks and trails shortly after WWII.  Now the Covid Corps is helping end the coronavirus pandemic.  This nationwide program of the CDC Foundation hired and deployed more than 1,000 people around the US in just 8 months.  In this episode, we talk with two Bloomberg alumni who are managing teams of contact tracers in the South and Midwest to help end the pandemic.   

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LinkedIn is much more than your professional profile & virtual Rolodex.  It’s a platform to learn about the organizations you want to work for, how they are growing or shrinking, and to connect with the people who can help you get inside information and ultimately--a great job. 

In this episode we will give you some practical tips on using LinkedIn with the help of Nick Kim, a LinkedIn User Interface Engineer. 

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In this episode we will discuss the fifth category of COVID-19 jobs: technology.  Technology is very broad area in public health, especially during a pandemic. And we’re not talking about technicians -- the people who might run a test on your blood or take an x-ray.  We’re talking hi-tech: jobs that harness artificial intelligence, data science, and e-learning. 

Our guest is Peter Otieno, the Operations & Delivery Lead at Amref Enterprises, a global community health NGO with offices in 16 countries in Africa.  

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In this episode we will discuss the fourth category of COVID-19 jobs – Vaccine Research and Development.  This is where the bulk of government and philanthropic investment is being spent right now. Joining us is alumnus Lou Bourgeois, a Science Officer at PATH in the Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access. Lou is the microbiologist who loves data and details and why developing vaccines should always rely on what the science is telling us.

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In this episode we will discuss the evolution to our gig economy and how you can go about creating your own consultancy. Joining us is Tamar Renaud, the COO from Vital Strategies, a global health NGO. Tamar is the consummate inside manager and keeps her organization running like a well-oiled machine.

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In this episode we discuss the 5 areas public health professionals can work in to help end the pandemic.  They are technical, communications, management, research, and revenue.  We’ll then discuss specific jobs within each area and the top responsibilities so you can decide what area is right for you. In this episode, we will focus on communications. Joining us Janie Hayes, Health Communications Consultant at Resolve to Save Lives.

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This episode reinforces how important networking is to finding out about and landing a great job.  More importantly, we’ll share concrete ways to build a professional network from the bowels of your parents basement.