Life After Penn
Thinking about Life After Penn
Our interdisciplinary programs provide the knowledge and skills needed for a rapidly changing and interconnected world. With a strong understanding of the relationship between different sectors and disciplines, backed up by critical thinking, strong writing, research and speaking skills, our students have a wide variety of options after graduation with an STSC or and HSOC major, including health- and science-based positions, consulting, finance, public policy, and non-profit work. Many of our students go on to graduate school within a few years of graduation, in medicine, law, public health, and business. Our undergraduates benefit from a growing network of alumni.
Read "Revenge of the Liberal Arts Major" if you are wondering what you can do with your HSOC or STSC major.
Remember that job hunting involves a set of skills that you can learn. No one expects you to know how to do it already, you learn by doing. You can begin by breaking the process down into manageable tasks: exploring the Career Services website, making an appointment and more appointments with Career Services, writing a resume and having Career Services review it, drafting cover letters, learning to use the Career Services research library, identifying your interests, and learning about what kinds of jobs there are, how to find them and how to apply for them.
Read "The 10 Worse Mistakes of First-Time Job Hunters" (link)
Read descriptions of different kinds of jobs and occupations
Go to Penn Career Services website
Read about Career Exploration
Read Median Earnings by Major and Subject Area
Find out "What can I do with my major?"
- For STSC:
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/majors/hssc.html
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/majors/sts.html - For HSOC:
- http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/majors/hsoc.html
Make an appointment with Career Services
Write a resume and have it reviewed by Career Servivces
Read alumni News for STSC and HSOC for ideas about life after Penn
Read "How to Answer the Ten Toughest Interview Questions" on this Forbes site called "There are only Three True Job Interview Questions" (scroll down to the left)
- For health Careers
See our internship database on this page of our website (look for pdf at bottom)
Some of the items may be out of date, but it may give you an idea of the range of organizations and occupations that are out there, as well as some potential contacts.
See the American Public Health Association's career resources website:
http://www.apha.org/about/careers/
A few years ago, the drug company Pfizer published a guide to careers in public health (available in the Career Services library):
http://www.pfizerpublichealth.com/partnerships/guide_resources.aspx
See Table 2 in this article from the American Journal of Public Health about study and careers in public health.
Public health career guide and website
- Graduate School
Penn Career Services/For Students Considering Graduate or Professional School
Writing Graduate School Essays
Philly Fellows A one-year fellowship program that connects recent graduates with challenging non-profit jobs that make a difference in Philadelphia.
Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship Partnership for Public Service
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
International Internships Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP)
AIESEC Internships InterAction (international internships)
Inter-American Development Bank
U.N. Development Programme
World Bank Young Professionals Program and Region-Specific Internships
Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice
Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
Echoing Green Fellowship
Fulbright Grants
- Postgraduate Service Opportunities
Doctors Without Borders
Global Volunteers
Heifer International
International Volunteer Programs Association
U.N. Volunteers
Peace Corps
Teach for America
Americorps
World Volunteer Web
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