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Planning your career in public health

Planning your career in public health. Where the journey is as important as the destination…….. Rosemary McKenzie. A personal journey. Calf carer Anthropologist Sociologist ……Sociologist with a health bent Further studies Health editor/writer/consultant

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Planning your career in public health

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  1. Planning your career in public health Where the journey is as important as the destination…….. Rosemary McKenzie

  2. A personal journey • Calf carer • Anthropologist • Sociologist • ……Sociologist with a health bent • Further studies • Health editor/writer/consultant • Public health lecturer and tutor - regional • Further studies • Evaluator/Facilitator/researcher • Public health lecturer and researcher - metro • As well as farmer, parent, partner, community member

  3. A career planning model - Graduate Careers Australia • Adapted from • http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/CareerPlanningandResources/StartingYourSearch/ACareerPlanningDevelopmentModel/index.htm

  4. Know yourself • Self-awareness – the individual having knowledge about and understanding of their own personal development • Self-awareness in a careers context involves an understanding of the kind of personal resources (both actual and potential) that they bring to the world • What are my strengths? • What are the characteristics I would like to turn into strengths? • What am I passionate about? • What work environment suits me best?

  5. Opportunities • Opportunity awareness – an understanding of the general structures of the world of work, including career possibilities and alternative pathways • Where do public health graduates work? • What organisations, associations and networks are relevant to your career development? • What people can help you in your career development?

  6. Decision-making and planning • Decision-making • Weighing up the pros and cons – professional and personal • Identifying where the balance lies • A rational process?...but values, emotion and your “instinct” will come into play • Planning • Goals • Inputs (from you) • Resources (from elsewhere) • Context • Timing

  7. Implementation • Implementing plans – having the skills, resources (and energy) to translate plans into reality • It takes • Work • Support and encouragement (from others) • Energy and perseverance • Serendipity/good fortune/luck/fate • An open mind! • Flexibility • Willingness to change or to try new things

  8. A modern working life • The modern world of work is fluid and rapidly changing • Public health challenges change and evolve • Rarely do we have a single lifelong career • We often work in multidisciplinary environments • All reasons to not be too rigid about the destination - the journey is just as important…….

  9. Reflective activity • Recall your MPH application personal statements • What were your goals? • What passions or interests did you write about? • What has changed since then?

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