Do you want to make an impact on the health and wellbeing of others, clinically or non-clinically? Whether you want to make a difference at the molecular, patient, population and/or organizational level, there’s a place for you here! As a member of the Health Care & Sciences Career Community, you’ll join a developing network of students, alumni and campus and industry partners interested in fields such as health care, research, sustainability, administration, and public/global health. You’re welcome no matter where you fall on the career decision making spectrum—decided, pivoting, or exploring.
Helpful Links
- Schedule an appointment with a career coach
- Access Handshake, WashU’s primary job and internship platform; use Career Center Collections tab to search for opportunities in Healthcare & Sciences
- Connect with the WashU Community using WashU CNX
Career Engagement Process
The following steps loosely reflect what all people go through when pursuing something new related to career development (internship, job, research, graduate education, advanced career decisions). These external steps are accompanied by internal processes of reflection, learning, and experimentation. The process is iterative and repeats throughout life. Click below to see what each step entails.
- Identify your interests, values, needs, skills, strengths, identity and culture.
- Evaluate the fit of past courses, jobs, volunteer work, and experiences.
- Follow your curiosity
- Join Center for Career Engagement Career Communities
- Explore majors
- Explore industries and sectors
- Research occupations and job titles
- Conduct informational interviews
- Check out explorehealthcareers.org
- Design and plan actions
- Evaluate and prioritize options
- Make decisions
- Develop relevant skills
- Set goals
- Prepare application materials
- Practice interviewing
- Follow industry and employer specific news, social media, and resources
- Identify listed opportunities and/or programs
- Network and connect with alumni and professionals
- Target organizations directly
- Apply
- Interview
- Evaluate and negotiate offers (click here to watch a video with tips for negotiation)
- Gain experience through:
- internships
- campus jobs
- student groups
- study abroad
- project work
- research positions
- first post-graduation job
- advanced career positions
- Develop personally and professionally
- Reflect, evaluate and synthesize
