Likelihood of Getting Epi Position
Hey everyone, I'm posting to see what people's opinions are of the likelihood of me getting this position. Like the title says, it's a county epidemiologist position (DOSE Epidemiologist I) I'll share details below: - Job opened on the 2nd of June and closes on the 16th - I applied on the 10th of June - I already am a MD state employee (contractual at the time for a different county) -emailed the HR analyst for an update July 10th and got a response the same day letting me know that I was in the "best qualified" pool and was placed in a streamlined list of applicants bla, bla, the usual line. -The only more relevant thing for me is being in the "best qualified"ranking, there have only been a few jobs where that was the case, the others were a tier lower. -I know government jobs do take a while but I'm wondering how much longer should I wait until I ask for another update (nothing about my status has changed when I check)? I'm thinking about the first week of August A bit about my background (relevant exp): - B.S. Biology, B.S. Health Science - MPH Epidemiology - 1 year exp as an internship and practicum spearheading a retrospective data analysis project/study with an Infection prevention and epi department using EMRs along with learning other IP related duties and other small analysis projects. Used SAS, EPIC and Excel extensively - Various experience over 2-3 yrs working in labs -Contractual Water Sampler for an MD county health department for around 7 months -Currently a merit employee training as a full time EHS for the same county I worked for contractually The Epi Position: - DOSE Epidemiologist : "This positi…
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Hey everyone, I'm posting to see what people's opinions are of the likelihood of me getting this position. Like the title says, it's a county epidemiologist position (DOSE Epidemiologist I) I'll share details below: - Job opened on the 2nd of June and closes on the 16th - I applied on the 10th of June - I already am a MD state employee (contractual at the time for a different county) -emailed the HR analyst for an update July 10th and got a response the same day letting me know that I was in the "best qualified" pool and was placed in a streamlined list of applicants bla, bla, the usual line. -The only more relevant thing for me is being in the "best qualified"ranking, there have only been a few jobs where that was the case, the others were a tier lower. -I know government jobs do take a while but I'm wondering how much longer should I wait until I ask for another update (nothing about my status has changed when I check)? I'm thinking about the first week of August A bit about my background (relevant exp): - B.S. Biology, B.S. Health Science - MPH Epidemiology - 1 year exp as an internship and practicum spearheading a retrospective data analysis project/study with an Infection prevention and epi department using EMRs along with learning other IP related duties and other small analysis projects. Used SAS, EPIC and Excel extensively - Various experience over 2-3 yrs working in labs -Contractual Water Sampler for an MD county health department for around 7 months -Currently a merit employee training as a full time EHS for the same county I worked for contractually The Epi Position: - DOSE Epidemiologist : "This positi…
Posted by /u/gdub25 on r/jobs
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