Career Services
The MPH Program offers students an array of career-development activities to help them gain confidence and establish a foundation upon which to build careers over a lifetime. These services include resume and cover letter reviews, career coaching, access to career fairs across campus, and more. We work with students to help them identify strengths, interests, and values, discover and explore possibilities, gain experience, and develop strategies for pursuing diverse career paths.
In addition to these services, we have collected a database of resources that help students prepare for, find, and apply for public health jobs, internships, and fellowships:
Cornell Career Services
- Cornell Career Services – Office to assist with anything career related
- Cornell Career Services Resources
- International Student Resources
Job Preparation Resources
- Cornell Resume Writing Guide
- Converting a CV to Resume
- Cover Letters
- Interviewing
- Networking
- CUeLINKS – Cornell’s networking platform connecting students to alumni and peers
- Searchable events calendar for skills building, career prep, etc. from the Cornell Graduate School
- APHA Career Mart – professional services to help you build and manage your career for maximum potential for success
- Book an appointment with the MPH Program’s Manager of Applied Practice, Audrey Baker for:
- Resume review
- Cover letter review
- Mock interviews
- APE and ILE planning
- Email the MPH Program’s Public Health Program Coordinator, Zoë Wakoff for:
- Resume review
- Cover letter review
- Help formatting posters
Public Health Career Search Sites
- Handshake – Platform for career searches and applications; all MPH students create a profile
- Experience Cornell – A gateway of Cornell opportunities, which includes fellowships and community and engaged learning experiences.
- O*Net Online – Occupations database, which has information on skills and abilities needed for specific occupations and links to jobs.
- Vault (for current Cornell students) — information on a variety of professions and industries, which includes employer rankings based on employee and intern survey results; search and apply for jobs and internships and find career advice on networking and more. Download guides on consulting, healthcare, nonprofit, and many other fields.
- Public Health Careers.org – Search public health jobs by keyword, location, or category
- Interstride – Find job openings with U.S.-based international-friendly employers who have a demonstrated track-record of work visa sponsorship and CPT/OPT hiring. Workshops led by immigration experts help students to understand key information, including U.S. and Canadian work visas.
- Public Health Jobs – Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health job site
- APHA Career Database – Public health jobs, internships, and fellowships
- Indeed – Worldwide employment-related search engine for job listings
- Glassdoor – Search millions of jobs and get the inside scoop on companies
- Careers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Idealist – Connects millions people who want to do good with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world
- NYS Department of Health
- Recruit.net – Search thousands of job sites, newspapers and company career pages.
- USA Jobs – Search and apply for federal jobs.
- Emory Public Health Employment Connection
- ORISE
- Good Food Jobs– Resource for food related jobs
Internships & Fellowships
- American Public Health Association (APHA) – Internships and fellowships
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Student internships and jobs
- Idealist – Internships
- CDC Public Health Fellowships – Fellowships, internships, and learning opportunities
- Public Health Institute Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) – STAR fellowship and internship opportunities
- Cornell Internship and Summer Job Search
- CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
