Careers

Here are some of the top resources for career readiness planning to get you started!

Video, audio, and slides from careers sessions delivered by alumni, employers and other guest speakers.

Information about working in public health covering; the different areas of work, choosing what to focus on in your public health career, volunteering, and working in public health within the UK.

Find vacancy sources in our page Where to find public health jobs. 

A selection of job descriptions indicating some of the kinds of jobs people go on to after their master's at LSHTM.

First-hand information about a range of employers, gathered by the careers student ambassadors who personally interviewed representatives of those organisations. The interviews cover typical days in the job, advice on getting into the sector, working for that employer, and details of the kinds of roles it has.  The most recent additions have the year 2022 at the end of the title of the file.

You may be interested in other sectors than public health, or have additional interests that you may want to pursue in tandem. Here are some links to resources that can help you explore your options.

Information about postgraduate study, research and funding, in the UK and abroad.

Downloadable resources related to job seeking, applications, applying for further study, interviews.

Each panel discussion event offers insight into several people's current work and their career path to date.  Topics include:

• Working in UK Local Authority Public Health teams;
• Roles using data to drive public health policy and strategy;
• Working for UN organisations;
• A series of panels covering a broader range of roles with Global and Public Health (look for 'Global and Public Health Careers' titles);
• Academic careers - PhD study and beyond (look for 'Academic Careers' titles).

Talks from a range of employers relevant to LSHTM graduates, including:

• The Carter Center Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP)
• CHAI (Clinton Health Access Initiative);
• Costello Medical;
• ICRC;
• London Borough of Havering;
  
• Medecins du Monde;
• NHS Scientist Training Programme;
• Novo Nordisk;
• Options;
• Phastar;
  
• WPP Health.

This folder also contains notes from the LSE Discover International Organisations and detailed notes from previous LSE International Organisations events.

Finally, our NEW employer short audio recordings series is called  'Spotlight on...'  Click through to the next page for links to recordings.  

First-hand information about a range of employers, gathered by the careers student ambassadors who personally interviewed representatives of those organisations. The interviews cover typical days in the job, advice on getting into the sector, working for that employer, and details of the kinds of roles it has.  The most recent additions have the year 2022 at the end of the title of the file.

Talks from alumni about their work and their career path to date.  

Talks include:

Elisabeth Adams, Founder and Managing Director, Aquarius Population Health;
Dr Paul Barr, academic;
Charles Ebikeme, Science Officer at the International Council for Science;
Amira El-Houderi (EY) (LSHTM login required);
Komal Gill (working with MSF in South Sudan);
Vanessa Kerry, co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health.
Laila Khondkar, May 2020.  Laila Khondkar studied CID and has extensive experience working with a number of NGOs, including a number of years with Save the Children;
Molly Martell, Careers in Biotech
Natalie Moyen (Natalie works for Mott Macdonald, Fleming Fund as their One Health Coordinator);
Bobbi Pritt, Careers and Creepy Crawly Cases in Parasitology;
Dr Clyde Lanford (Lanny) Smith, founder of Doctors for Global Health;
Sarah Wookey (working with MSF in Chad);
Dr Ekua Yankah (Ekua has worked with UNESCO, Unicef, WHO and UNFPA amongst other organisations);

"Fifteen minutes with..." series of brief audio interviews with alumni on the career paths with tips and insights for those interested in a similar career or employer

Students share their experience working in:

• Latin America
  
• Public Health in the UK
• Global Health
• Humanitarian and Emergency Work
• WASH
• Health Education
• Policy and Management
• Consulting

A series of downloadable information sheets giving advice on sourcing and applying for jobs - titles include 'Advice for Careers Changers', 'How to write a CV', 'Interviews', 'Applying for a PhD' and 'How to market your masters'.

Guidance on how to prepare for and impress at interview as well as some questions you might face. 
Brief talk by Amy Cuddy on 'presence' in interviews - helps with confidence.
Recording of our March 2021 workshop on preparing for interview.
Access to Interview Stream interview preparation software.
Advice on preparing for 'case interviews' for management consulting.
Advice on preparing for UK Public Health Speciality Training interview

Resources about what to expect from an assessment centre and how to prepare.

You can also practise online aptitude tests using Graduates First. You need to register with your LSHTM email address to access the subscription content.  If you recently graduated and your LSHTM email address no longer works please contact careers@lshtm.ac.uk to request access.  Practice tests include verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, critical thinking, and situational judgement. 

LinkedIn is an extremely useful tool for researching possible roles and organisations and making contact with people in them and this folder contains screencast recordings with tips for making best use of it.  

A list of vacancy websites for public health, global health, pharmaceutical, global health and related sectors. This list is not exhaustive so make sure you search beyond it when searching for jobs. People usually have more success if they speak to other professionals in their sector, network using LinkedIn, and are proactive.

This website has information and country profiles on working in many parts of the world and as a current student you can access the subscription version using this link.  If you are not a current student please continue to the main GoinGlobal website.

Information for international students on finding and applying for jobs both while you study and after graduation. 

Resources providing insight into best practice for medical graduates writing CVs and/or developing portfolios, selected by specialist careers staff from various institutions in the UK. Produced in 2015 but still relevant. 

Advice on key diversity issues including gender, race and disability. You'll find out how to identify positive employers, decide how and whether to disclose your circumstances and get an understanding of your rights.

A series of short recordings on CV writing plus recorded workshop from January 2022.

Includes a quick tips introduction, CVs for career changers, CV advice for those with less experience and a longer overview on writing a good CV.

A series of short recorded resources on how to set up or improve your profile; connect with alumni and build your community; use LinkedIn to generate career ideas, research organisations and engage with content and people; plus one on monitoring your privacy settings on LinkedIn.

Advice and guidance on sourcing opportunities, including how to build networks and approach organisations speculatively.

An introduction to LSHTM Connect, our alumni online community, which you can join whilst studying at LSHTM and use to connect with our alumni.

Recording of talk about visa options for working in the UK plus links to further updates.

Information about career options which use the skills gained from your studies at LSHTM.

Recordings of sessions on exploring career ideas and making career decisions.

Recordings of career workshops with input from students/alumni with experience working in UN organisations plus alumni talks and panel discussions.  Also contains notes and slides from LSE International Organisations Days/Weeks and student presentation on Geneva-based organisations.

Resources for clinicians (both doctors and other health professionals) wishing to move into a non-clinical role.

Information on sourcing PhDs or other doctoral level study, funding options and application advice.