The Public Health Workforce is Not OK

The Public Health Workforce is Not OK

Viewing the search from the other side

Q&A with a hiring manager in public health - Part 1

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Sep 27, 2023
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In prior episodes, I have been exploring how the public health employment market looks from the perspective of job seekers. (Spoiler alert: it’s pretty brutal out there. Scroll through and have a look for yourself.) So a few weeks ago, I tried something new: I interviewed a hiring manager at a local public health department, to try to understand better …

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