James Watson ⋅ San Diego, CA General Atomics ⋅ 30 years experience

Hi Desmond-

Maybe there is a problem with your resume. I am retired after a 40 year career in industry where I hired over 100 people. Now I am helping veterans like yourself by helping with their resumes. If you would e-mail me your resume (drjamesfwatson@gmail.com) I would be happy to comment on it.

Jim Watson

Robert Jurasek ⋅ Hollywood, FL Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ⋅ 45 years experience

Hello Desmond,

USAJobs.gov shows 8 job announcements that might be of interest to you, within 50 miles of Aberdeen. Please contact me if you need help navigating the website or with your Federal résumé.

Best regards,
Bob

Joseph Lee ⋅ Arlington, VA USO ⋅ 15 years experience

I would think there would be a 100 great jobs waiting for you at the VA or SAMHSA as they try to grapple with this veteran suicide epidemic. Do you need an introduction? I know a few people over there who might be interested in hiring someone with your background and education.

Ben Tiede ⋅ Basking Ridge, NJ Johnson & Johnson ⋅ 9 years experience

As Duke mentioned, state government and local hospitals are a good place to start looking. I'd also suggest looking at job postings at the various universities in the Baltimore area, they may have research-related jobs.

If you're willing to move, either to DC or elsewhere, you might also consider the field of global public health. On the government/multi-lateral side, you could look at organizations like USAID or the World Bank. For non-profits, groups like the Population Council, Results for Development, PATH, FHI360 and others have offices there. DC would also have a number of domestic health organizations too. Thew website www.idealist.org can be a good place to find these jobs.

The job search can be frustrating, but keep your head up. You only need to land one opportunity to land and then once you get started, your training and education will put you on the path to success. By then, I'm sure you will feel it wasn't a waste of time.

Duke Khadan Sawh ⋅ Keyport, NJ CECOM, Department of Defense ⋅ 25 years experience

Hi Desmond,

Suggest looking into state websites e.g. MarylandState.gov and look for Public Health opportunities. State and local hospitals' websites are also likely venues for your field of work. If not already done, suggest joining LinkedIn and other social media to offer your resume greater exposure. Maybe directly contacting local hospitals HR on the phone can only help to enlighten your exposure. As you know, a properly formatted resume can do much for your job search, so if you need any assistance in that regard, request you contact me through this media. God Luck.

Duke

Paige Fane ⋅ Novi, MI Detroit Business Consulting ⋅ 3 years experience

Have you tried CareerBuilder? I have gotten most of my job responses from there. Whenever you submit your resume you should write down the number of the HR department for that job so you can contact them about two weeks afterwards just to check in on the status of your application. A lot of jobs get tons of apps a day and by making the call it makes you stand out and most of the time they will schedule an interview with you right then and there.