Career Advice for Entering the Field of Healthcare Communications and Marketing

 

🎓 Hello Class of 2024! Exploring a career in healthcare marketing or communications?

Here’s 4 tips from Karrie Hawbaker:

➕ Read voraciously to help you appreciate the structure of a good story – this is key to marketing and communications. 

➕ Add both psychology and sociology to your education curriculum. We’re in the business of understanding and motivating human behavior so having that foundation will prove helpful. 

➕ Add some finance education to gain skills on how to manage a budget effectively. In healthcare, understanding a company’s balance sheet and funding is key. 

➕ Get a creative hobby to help fuel the creativity you need to work in this field.

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