Career Development Series: HR Perspective

Course Information:

This course focuses on the specific skillsets that public health employers look for in potential employees as they are going through the hiring process. Descriptions of how a student can get into jobs that require experience, how to write an effective resume, the systems used to collect applicants, how these systems operate, and what is looked for during an interview is described throughout the webinar. Erin Dixon, MS and Indu Moore present their HR point of view and advice from the Washoe County Health District. Jenna Martineau presents her HR point of view and advice from Renown Health.

The objective of the Career Development Series is to expose students to various career paths and skills to help them be successful as a public health professional once they graduate. Specifically, this course contains recorded content from the Careers in Public Health series where public health professionals from Northern Nevada speak about the vast world of public health. 

This series is aimed to help students identify careers in public health, learn how to apply, interview, and ultimately gain insight to what careers in public health look like. Students will learn special tips and tricks to get their foot in the door to land their dream career!  

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to: 

  1. Identify different careers in public health. 
  2. Understand what is expected when entering a career in public health. 
  3. Understand how to apply to careers in public health, perfect a resume, and effectively utilize new skills after graduation.

Target Audience: 

  • Undergraduate and graduate public health students

Duration: ~1 hour

Continuing Education: N/A

Format: Web-based, asynchronous

Author/speaker(s): Erin Dixson, MS, Indu Moore, Jenna Martineau 

About the Speakers

Erin Dixon, MS is the Division Director of Environmental Health Services. Erin began her career at the Washoe County Health District in the spring of 2002. She has a strong passion for public health and is focused on improving the health outcomes for the citizens and visitors of Washoe County. Over her nearly two decades of service she has held multiple positions at the Health District, including Program Coordinator, Fiscal Compliance Officer, Public Health Supervisor, and Division Director. Environmental Health ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws regulating food, waste, water, vector and other areas of public health in Washoe County. There is a strong educational component to the programs and a collaborative approach with industry and the public to meet public health goals.

Outside of work, Erin enjoys spending time with her family. She enjoys the great outdoors and is an avid hiker, a want-to-be mountain biker, and a mediocre skier. Through it all, she is always grateful that she gets to call the Truckee Meadows home.

After graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno, Indu Moore began a career in recruitment for the private sector.  While her career in the private sector was both rewarding and challenging, her long-term career goal was to work for Washoe County. Indu achieved that goal and began her career with Washoe County Human Resources in October 2012. As a Senior Human Resources Analyst for Washoe County, Indu focuses on multiple areas of human resources administration such as recruitment, classification and employee relations. Outside of work, Indu enjoys spending time with her family and her two large Rottweilers.  As she has lived in Nevada for most of her life, she is proud and grateful to serve the Washoe County community.

Jenna Martineau has been working on the Renown Recruitment team for the past 3.5 years. She previously handled the student program as well as the traveler/contracted employee programs before transitioning into a recruiter role for the organization. Her main areas of focus fall under mainly clinical support staff positions such as Unit Clerks, CNA's, Patient Safety, Surgical Techs and more.

Course curriculum

  1. 01

    • Introduction to the Career Development Series

    • Demographic Survey
  2. 02

    • HR Perspective Video

    • Feedback Survey

    • Feedback Survey

    • Links to Resources and Career Sites