Toby Burt This is Me

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1. 1. Tragedy Sparks Opportunity In Homeland Security Careers

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   Published on: 12/25/2004   Last Visited: 7/26/2006

   Toby Burt, CDC's College Relations Coordinator, comments: "We have over 8,500 employees in more than 170 occupational fields.
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   These programs serve as a valuable tool to expose students to challenging work experiences and encourage them to explore career opportunities in public health," mentions Burt, who manages some of the student employment programs. "Many of these programs are for targeted minority groups," he adds.

2. 2. Tragedy Sparks Opportunity In Homeland Security Careers

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   Published on: 11/2/2003   Last Visited: 3/26/2005

   Toby Burt, CDC's College Relations Coordinator, comments: "We have over 8,500 employees in more than 170 occupational fields.
   ...
   These programs serve as a valuable tool to expose students to challenging work experiences and encourage them to explore career opportunities in public health," mentions Burt, who manages some of the student employment programs. "Many of these programs are for targeted minority groups," he adds.

3. 3. Diversity: Making a Difference

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   Published on: 7/2/2003   Last Visited: 3/29/2005

   ATLANTA, Georgia: "As a public health agency, we have to serve all the public; our work force should be representative of the United States work force," says Toby Burt, chief of outreach and marketing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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   "Minorities and women make up almost a quarter [22 percent] of the higher grade levels of our work force," says Burt. "And women make up a little more than half [51 percent] of staff in civil service grades 13 to 15." Those positions are roughly equivalent to middle to senior level managers. In addition, African-Americans account for about a quarter (24.4 percent) of workers at CDC by contrast with 11.2 percent in the civilian labor force.
   
   Other groups have not fared so well. "Hispanics and native Americans are severely underrepresented," says Burt. Thus 3.2 percent of CDC's work force is Hispanic by contrast with 11.8 percent of the outside work force while Native Americans make up 0.5 percent of CDC's staff and 0.9 percent of workers outside. In response, Burt continues, "we're doing targeted recruiting." Representatives of the organization regularly visit colleges and universities , and especially schools of public health , that have relatively large numbers of members of the two groups.
   
   Once it has successfully recruited scientists from underrepresented groups, CDC tries to ensure that it keeps them. "A lot of the literature suggests that new employees entering the work force expect to work here five years or less," explains Burt. "So we need to continue to develop programs that will contribute to retention." Because different groups and people have different issues, the programs work largely at the level of the individual scientist or staffer. "We're recommending that specific employees be mentored to figure out what will keep them here and to find out what motivates them," Burt says.
   
   Burt advises that minorities interested in working for CDC get some background in public health. "As one of the nation's lead agencies in public health, CDC looks closely at individuals with some sort of public health background or experience when hiring," he concludes.