We are pleased to offer a suite of personalized career resources to our alumni to help you to navigate your next steps. If you have any questions during your journey, please email [email protected].
Alumni Career Resources
Explore:
| SPH's Opportunities Database | Updated weekly, Brown Public Health curates a database of public health jobs, internships and fellowships |
| Brunonia | Career-focused resources from the Brown Alumni Association |
| Postgraduate Jobs at Brown | Staff via Workday |
| Faculty via HERC |
Participate in:
| Webinars/Workshops | View upcoming career-focused events with the School of Public Health and CareerLAB |
| Advising Sessions | Personalized advising sessions to discuss your career advising needs (SPH students and alumni) |
| Campus Programming | Nelson Center (business and entrepreneurship) |
| Sheridan Center (teaching and learning) | |
| Swearer Center (community engagement) | |
| Watson Institute (international and public affairs) |
Subscribe to:
| Brown Public Health's Career and Community Engagement Newsletter | Subscribe |
| Brown Public Health Careers LinkedIn Group | Request to Join |
| CareerLAB's Recruiting Newsletter | Subscribe |
Strengthen your:
| Language skills with free access to Rosetta Stone | Access Rosetta Stone* |
*Login with Brown credentials required
In addition to Brown's career-focused resources above, we encourage you to maximize your search using all available resources, including:
Public Health Databases
- American Statistical Association
- ASPPH Fellowships and Internships
- ASPPH's Public Health Jobs
- epimonitor
- International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
- NewScientist
- NIH Jobs
- Pathways to Science (Undergraduate, Graduate, Postdoctoral)
- ResearchGate Jobs
- RIDOH Careers
General Databases
- Chronicle of Higher Education (educational jobs)
- Glassdoor (general career site)
- Higher Ed Jobs (jobs in higher education)
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (primarily faculty jobs)
- Idealist (nonprofit jobs)
- Indeed (general career site)
- LinkedIn (general career site)
- New York Times (general career site)
- NonProfit Times (nonprofit jobs)
- Remote Students (remote opportunities)
- USAJobs (U.S. governement jobs)
- Vault (general career site)
Audience-Specific Databases
- CenterLink (LGBTQ+)
- EmployDiversity (BIPOC)
- InHerSight (Women)
- Out Professional Network (LGBTQ+)
- Professional Diversity Network (BIPOC)
- Women Who Code (Women)
Additional Career Resources
- APHA Public Health CareerMart
- Career Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Students (UToronto)
- Free the PhD (for PhD students considering jobs outside of academia)
- HRC Corporate Equality Index (LGBTQ+)
- Refinitiv Diversity & Inclusion Index
- Versatile PhD (PhD career prep resources)
LinkedIn offers a suite of tools to help you present yourself professionally, learn new skills, network, and more. We encourage all alumni to consider:
- creating a LinkedIn profile
- creating a custom professional URL to add to the top of your resume
- adding a header image (Brown Image Gallery has many options; login required)
- adding a professional headshot (LinkedIn's top 10 recommendations)
- editing your headline to promote your expertise e.g. "Public health professional committed to health equity"
- using the "About" section for a succinct "elevator pitch" detailing your professional goals
- selecting "Brown University School of Public Health" under the Education section
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utilizing the #OpenToWork feature on your profile page to maximize exposure from recruiters:
- requesting 2-3 public recommendations from supervisors/faculty
- setting a reach goal for connections; actual number of connections changes to 500+ when you reach >500 connections
- joining our private group for students and alumni: Brown Public Health Careers
- searching for opportunities in LinkedIn's jobs portal
- strengthening your business acumen with thousands of free LinkedIn Learning courses (login required); completion badges can then be added to your profile
- networking with current students and alumni—search by location, industry, graduation year, etc.
- requesting a LinkedIn profile audit: Schedule an advising appointment and email your LinkedIn profile URL to [email protected]
In addition to LinkedIn, you might also consider creating/updating your ResearchGate profile to maximize exposure to potential employers.
Whether you're a PhD graduate searching for fellowships, or a postdoc fellow seeking a job, we encourage you to launch your search using the resources below. For general career advice, please visit the tabs above.
- Academic Positions
- Brown Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- FindAPostDoc
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
- Inside Higher Ed
- National Postdoctoral Association
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Oak Ridge STEM Internships and Fellowships
- Postdoc Jobs
- ResearchGate
- Versatile PhD
You bring the resources, expertise, and connections of your fellow Brown alumni with you. For a general overview of our graduates' next steps, explore our undergraduate post-graduate data and graduate career outcomes. To support your outreach, we encourage you to take advantage of the opportunities below:
- SPH Opportunities Database: Send a brief internship/job description and application link to [email protected] and we will be happy to share in our opportunities database
- LinkedIn: Join/share your opportunities directly in our LinkedIn Alumni & Current Students Group
- Brown CareerLAB: Register for a recruiting event or learn more about our on-campus interviewing program with CareerLAB
- BrownConnect: Support students at Brown by posting internships, research opportunities, and funding with BrownConnect
- Handshake: Reach over 9,000 students at Brown by creating an account and posting your positions in Handshake
- Get Involved: Engage with prospective School of Public Health graduate students as an Alumni Ambassador