Comments on: I just graduated from college and I want to go into a health career. Can anyone give me advice? http://www.careersearchcity.com/i-just-graduated-from-college-and-i-want-to-go-into-a-health-career-can-anyone-give-me-advice/ Executive Career and Online Degrees Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jannsody http://www.careersearchcity.com/i-just-graduated-from-college-and-i-want-to-go-into-a-health-career-can-anyone-give-me-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-121 jannsody Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:00:41 +0000 http://www.careersearchcity.com/i-just-graduated-from-college-and-i-want-to-go-into-a-health-career-can-anyone-give-me-advice/#comment-121 How about the public health field since it sounds as though you have a passion for disease prevention and community education. I'm not sure if it's mandatory that one gets a master's degree in public health (MPH), but perhaps you can find out how to get involved within your community through a non-profit organization such as your local municipal building which typically has those departments on-site. Perhaps you can also look into a degree (typically master's) in dietetics to become a registered dietician (RD) and just fyi, the program should be accredited by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Regarding 'finding one's calling in life', Farrah Gray, a young male millionaire/entrepreneur who wrote the book "Reallionaire" has said to ask oneself this question, "What would I do for years and years to come and not get paid?" Perhaps that can help you steer in the right direction. For general career info: US occupational outlook handbook www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search 'health educator' (though looked and very short entry as another name may be more detailed), 'registered dietician' or whichever other field piques one's interest. For the ADA: www.eatright.org And for US colleges and uni's: www.utexas.edu/world/univ American Public Health Association: www.apha.org American Association for Health Education: www.aahperd.org/aahe/ How about the public health field since it sounds as though you have a passion for disease prevention and community education. I'm not sure if it's mandatory that one gets a master's degree in public health (MPH), but perhaps you can find out how to get involved within your community through a non-profit organization such as your local municipal building which typically has those departments on-site. Perhaps you can also look into a degree (typically master's) in dietetics to become a registered dietician (RD) and just fyi, the program should be accredited by the American Dietetic Association (ADA).

Regarding 'finding one's calling in life', Farrah Gray, a young male millionaire/entrepreneur who wrote the book "Reallionaire" has said to ask oneself this question, "What would I do for years and years to come and not get paid?" Perhaps that can help you steer in the right direction.

For general career info: US occupational outlook handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search 'health educator' (though looked and very short entry as another name may be more detailed), 'registered dietician' or whichever other field piques one's interest.

For the ADA: http://www.eatright.org

And for US colleges and uni's: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org

American Association for Health Education: http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/

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