Jobs/Internships

Duke Center for Health Policy Cyberexchange

HEALTH-RELATED JOBS/CAREERS

Career Center (Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy)
Includes links to faculty/university positions, researchers/non-faculty positions, fellowships and health policy-related positions.
CareerMart Online (American Public Health Association)
Includes links to job postings and forum to present resumes to prospective employers.
Health Hippo: Jobs

Includes many links to health care policy/regulatory field including a) PR Newswire: Health/Biotech Careers; b) Regulatory Affairs Professional Society; c) America's Job Bank: Keyword Search; d) Department of Justice Career Opportunities; e) Pohly Health Care Group; f) LJX Health Care Listings; g) NHLA Resource Center; h) Federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM); i) Federal Health-Related Jobs (listed by agency); j) AMA Employment Current Openings; k) AltaVista Search; l) Excite Search; m) HotBot Search; n) WebCrawler Search.

Headhunter.net

Designed for employers and jobseekers, including Allows user to a) search jobs; b) post resume; c) search resumes; d) post jobs. Includes job-seeking advice.

Monster Healthcare

Includes U.S. and international listings. Permits focussed searches by industry, job title or geographic location. Also includes job seeking intelligent agent, job-seeking advice and employer profiles.

Medzilla Jobs and Candidates in Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Medicine

Designed for employers and jobseekers. Allows user to a) search jobs; b) post resume; c) search resumes; d) post jobs. Includes list of head hunters, articles and salary survey.

Careers in Bioethics (compiled by Bryn Williams-Jones)

Includes job, post-docs and fellowship opportunities in U.S., Canada and abroad.

Public Health Jobs, Opportunities & Careers (University of Washington)

Lists links to sites with public health jobs listings compiled by Laura Larsson.

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POLICY/GOVERNMENT-RELATED JOBS/CAREERS

HRS Federal Job Search

Subscription database of federal jobs available throughout U.S. Each day, site will individually e-mail each job posting that fits the users job profile (job type, salary, location).

Jobs, Research and Volunteer Opportunities (Free-Market.Net)

Lists 65 Web sites offering job opportunities at market-oriented policy research organizations and advocacy groups. Site permits searches by topic or region.

Public Policy Jobs/Internships (Electronic Policy Network)

Lists job openings/internships at policy research organizations and advocacy groups favoring progressive social policy changes. 15 to 20 openings typically are listed at any one time.

Job Bank (Heritage Foundation)

The Job Bank provides placement of conservative/classical liberal job seekers in a variety of policy-related positions. Job Bank matches qualified candidates with open positions in congressional
offices, other public policy organizations, trade associations, polling groups, faith-based organizations, and more recently, colleges and universities. All Job Bank related services are provided free by The Heritage Foundation.

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GENERAL JOBS/CAREERS

General Job Listings Free to Jobseekers
JOBTRAK (New York Times) Has been used by 300,000 employers since 1987 to target full-time, part-time and internship opportunities to students at 700 colleges and universities. In addition to job listings, site permits jobseekers to create an electronic resume that can be updated as needed; also offers virtual job fairs. Wall Street Journal Features advice on job-seeking, job listings, salaries and employer profiles. CareerPath.com Features 250,000 job listings from newspaper classified ads of 63 major papers and also provides links to company job sites. Purports to offer the greatest number of most current jobs available on the Web. Allows searches by region or industry. Permits users to develop profile of preferred location, industry, salary; appropriate listings are e-mailed to user. Services free to jobseekers. Includes job-hunting advice, salary surveys and geographic cost-of-living calculator. Headhunter.net Generally has 70,000 job listings and 50,000 resumes posted at any one time. Services free to jobseekers. Includes job-seeking advice and on-line job fairs. User can break postings broken down by city and Zip Code to refine geographic search. Monster.com Generally has 50,000 job listings at any one time. Services free to jobseekers. Permits focussed searches by industry, job title or geographic location. User can post "private" resume (excludes personal details) and site will provide contact info on interested recruiters. Also includes job seeking intelligent agent (which provides a weekly e-mail of listings that fit user's job profile), job-seeking advice and on-line job fairs. College Grad Job Hunter Provides job postings and job-seeking advice pitched to those with little work experience. Services free to jobseekers. NationJob Network Permits users to develop profile of preferred location, industry, salary; appropriate listings are e-mailed to user; has 200,000 subscribers. Also permits search of existing listings.
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Subscription Job Listings
CareerXroad (ordering info: $26.95 + $5.00 shipping) 2002 book version provides list and ratings of 2,500 best job, resume and career management sites on the Web. Users can also register to obtain monthly updates from on-line version of this constantly-updated resource. National Ad Search Offers 10,000 to 12,000 help-wanted display ads from newspapers in 60 cities. User pays 10 cents per ad viewed (note there is a time-lag: Sunday paper ads appear on-line on Tuesday or Wednesday). Netshare, Inc. Confidential career management service designed for executives, companies and recruiters. Serves as a conduit for unadvertised executive jobs that pay $70,000 or more (most with base salaries above $100,000); jobseekers must pay $125 quarterly or $325 annually to obtain listings.
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INTERNSHIPS
Internships: Gateway Sites
Job, Research and Volunteer Opportunities for Students (Free-Market.Net) Lists 38 Web sites offering job, research and volunteer opportunities (including internships) at market-oriented policy research organizations and advocacy groups. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Public Policy Internships (Electronic Policy Network) Lists internships at 20 policy research organizations and advocacy groups favoring progressive social policy changes. Public Citizen Jobs/Internships (Public Citizen) Lists internship opportunities with a) Congress Watch; b) Global Trade Watch; c) Critical Mass Energy Project; d) Development and Marketing; and e) Litigation Group. University of Rochester Internships in Europe Programs Offers extensive undergraduate internship opportunities in a) London; b) Paris; c) Madrid; d) Brussels; and e) Bonn/Cologne/Berlin. Opportunities include working for Parliament, government agencies, research institutes, non-governmental agencies, and interest groups. All internships are unpaid. Washington Center Nonprofit provider of more than 2,000 internships in private, public and nonprofit sectors.
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Internships: Public Agencies
DHHS Student Volunteer Intern Coordinators Lists contact information for the intern coordinators in the a) Office of the Secretary; b) Inspector General; c) Administration on Aging; d) Administration on Children and Families; e) National Institutes of Health; f) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; g) National Institute of Child and Human Development; h) Food and Drug Administration; i) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration; j) Health Resources and Services Administration; k) Agency for Health Policy and Research; l) Indian Health Service; m) Centers for Disease Control and n) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration). Congressional Budget Office Summer Internships CBO offers a ten-week Summer Internship Program principally for graduate students in economics, public policy, or related fields. General Accounting Office Student Interns GAO offers paid internships for graduate and undergraduate students; most positions are in Washington, DC office. Office of Management and Budget Summer Internships OMB offers paid summer internships principally for graduate students. Presidential Management Intern Program Two-year paid internships available only to students who have completed a master's or doctoral-level degree. PMI interns work in a wide variety of federal agencies. Student Internship Programs with the Federal Government This lists a number of internships available to students with diverse backgrounds that can be used for hiring in all federal agencies. Summer of Discovery Program: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Research Triangle Park, NC)
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Internships: Policy Research Organizations
Advisory Board Company: Summer Associate Program (college seniors; paid; Washington, DC) Alliance for Health Reform (graduate/undergraduate; paid/unpaid; Washington, DC) American Enterprise Institute Internships (graduate/undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) American Public Health Association (graduate/undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) Brookings Institution Internship Opportunities (summer/fall/spring; graduate/undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) CATO Institute Internships (graduate/undergraduate; paid; Washington, DC) Center for Law and Social Policy (summer; law/graduate; paid; Washington, DC) Center for National Policy (summer/academic year; undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (summer/fall/spring; graduate/undergraduate; paid; Washington, DC) Children's Defense Fund Internship Program (summer/fall/spring; graduate/undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) Competitive Enterprise Institute Internships (graduate/undergraduate; unpaid; Washington, DC) Families USA (summer/fall/spring; graduate/undergraduate; paid; Washington, DC) Heritage Foundation (undergraduate; paid; Washington, DC) Institute of Medicine (graduate/undergraduate; paid; Washington, DC) National Center for Policy Analysis (summer/fall/spring; graduate/undergraduate; Dallas, TX) National Health Law Program (first year law students; unpaid; Chapel Hill, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Washington, DC) Physicians for Social Responsibility (year-round; graduate/undergraduate; paid/unpaid; Washington, DC) Public Citizen, Congress Watch (summer/fall/winter/spring; Washington, DC) RAND Graduate Student Summer Intern Program (minimum 2 years grad work; paid; Santa Monica, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, DC)
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Jobseeking Advice
Yahoo!Careers Provides job descriptions and salary comparisons. Bureau of Labor Statistics Provides on-line handbook with thumbnail descriptions and salary summaries for many careers. Homestore Provides on-line cost-of-living calculator to compare salaries across numerous cities.

Health-Related Jobs/Careers Policy/Government Jobs/Careers Free Job Listings: General Subscription Job Listings: General Internships: Gateway Sites Internships: Public Agencies Internships: Policy Research Organizations Jobseeking Advice