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Dr Raywat Deonandan www.deonandan.com @deonandan 1.Skills 2.Flexibility 3.Partnerships 4.The Future

Do what's hard Create value Be strategic Be honest with yourself

So what do you think Global Health is?

It's not just clinicians giving direct care to poor people in faraway places.

50 Most Promising Jobs (Forbes 2010) Let’s look at what the “experts” are saying about your employment future

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Network architect Meteorologist Biomedical engineer Logistician Cost estimator Financial analyst etc

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Best Healthcare Jobs (US News) Denist Nurse Pharmacist Physician Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Veterinarian

Epidemiologist Sonographer Respirology Medical assistants Massage Paramedic Various aides and technicians

Do you see any trends here?

Careers of the Future (Salary.com) • • • • • • •

Healthcare Information technology Alternative energy International law Content creation Marketing Financial analyst

So how do we plan for the long term future?

• Focus seems to be on employment rather than long term career development • Some constants:

What’s coming down the pipeline?

– Nursing – Computers – Finance

Two Things That Are Certain For the Future:

What are the prospects of our economy as a whole? Think of timelines relevant to your life... what do you value?

Be a T-shaped person

• Things will continue to change. How robust is your career against such changes?

• Those with multiple skills, multiple identities, multiple perspectives will be more valuable

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Skills

Skills

• Some skills are universal and timeless

• Some skills are universal and timeless

– Communication

– Mathematical

•Writing

•Statistical analysis •Econometric analysis •Financial analysis •Evaluation methods

–Grants & reports –Precis –Multiple audiences

•Language –Languages –Public speaking –Interpersonal –Conflict management

Skills • Some skills are temporal – Computer skills – Social media – Anything involving technology – Anything that is geography specific

Trends in the evolution of the global health industry

Dual Skills Sets • Your current major plus… – Finance – Computer science – Education – Policy / political science – Journalism – Business

Seek to be able to describe your skills sets quickly to someone from another culture

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Shift from public to private sector Shift from West to East Shift to increasing multidisciplinarity Increasing reliance on technology Shift to capacity building South-south partnerships

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Be strategic about educational choices

Some general advice • Be extraordinary – Everyone has degrees and high marks – Stand out: publish, volunteer, do independent research, get a part-time job, take extra classes

• Educate yourself – Don’t rely on your program to educate you; go to extra classes; attend advertised seminars; take advantage of your university

• Keep track – Of everything you do; update your CV regularly

• Learn how to network – Almost all opportunities come from networking; there’s a right way and wrong way

The bad news

The good news

• Our globe is undergoing unprecedented economic change • I don’t think our part of the world will regain its prosperity in our lifetimes • Competition for jobs is stiffer than ever • Overall wealth may be declining in your generation • External threats (climate change, energy crisis, etc) are beyond your control

• You are among the handful of lucky few among the world’s 7 billion people • You live in a country that offers you the opportunity to be extraordinary if you take up the challenge • There are things you can start doing NOW to make yourself more marketable in the future

Some parting advice • • • • • • •

Have multiple skills sets Do long term horizon planning Cultivate your networks Be generous Always be creating value Realize that everything can be global health Ask yourself WHY you want to work in global health

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