| For Career Panelists |
Dear Career Panelists,
Thank you for participating in the Career Development
Workshop. Listed below are topics and questions
from registered students regarding the pursuit of a
career in nutrition and/or dietetics.
Thank you for participating in the Career Development
Workshop. Listed below are topics and questions
from registered students regarding the pursuit of a
career in nutrition and/or dietetics.
| "What obstacles have you faced? And how did you overcome them?" - A concerned graduate student |
- How can a person that is not an RD, but does have
an MS in Nutrition, sell themselves?
- I am NOT a dietetics student; why should I attend this
workshop?
- How can I learn more about policy-making and how it
pertains to nutrition?
- Is it necessary to have a background in Clinical
Nutrition to go into other areas of nutrition?
- How does one politely haggle for a higher salary?
- Dietitians do not make much of an annual salary.
How can I maximize my retirement plan/investments
to ensure I can keep my head above my debts while
saving for my future?
- How can Dietetic Interns manage their finances to
better prepare for the professional world after
graduation?
- What do I need to know before opening a private
practice?
- How do I handle Insurance Reimbursement for
patients seeing a dietitian?
- What types of work/volunteer experiences do you
recommend pursuing while still in school to make our
real world experiences more competitive?
- What can you do outside of just the degree you
earned in school?
- Where do I begin looking for jobs? I can't look at all
cities. What is the best strategy for limiting my
search and identifying what I most want in a job?
- By asking for more money (within a reasonable
range), will you be laughed out the door?
- What are the big interviewing mistakes?
- How will this workshop apply to students who are
NOT studying Dietetics?
- How would you diagram the career possibilities that
are available to nutrition students?
- How can I figure out how much I am worth?
- What opportunities are there out there for non-RD
and non-laboratory students?
- What opportunities are out there for Epidemiology
students?
- How important is the science aspect of
undergraduate courses? Is it used often/daily by
RDs?
- What are some summer jobs that are great for
undergraduates or interns?
- When is the appropriate time to discuss salary?
- What is the best way to analyze a benefits package?
- When should students start looking for work?
- Is it hard to return to clinical after starting
community/outpatient dietetics?
- What opportunities are there in the Sports Nutrition Field?
- How do go about breaking into the field after
graduate school?
- How is the profession of Dietetics changing? And
how does it relate to non-dietetics students
- What types of jobs, exactly, are available to
Dietitians?
- How would go about discussing a salary at a job
interview?
- How would you suggest I pursue Dietetics as a 2nd
job?
- What have RDs found to be the most significant
difference between clinical and community nutrition?
And, do these differences make them like one
concentration better than the other?
- What advice would an experienced RD give to a
dietetic intern in regards to educating patients? Or,
speaking to a group of patients?
- Considering all the hype from the media about diets
and new "healthy" foods, what role do you suggest
the RD play to try and address these "not so
accurate" statements by the media? Especially when
they are so believed by the general public?
- What type of RD program would you suggest to
someone who already has their Masters?
- What are employers looking for in an ideal
candidate?
- How can I market myself when I'm fresh out of
college?
- When and how is the best way to discuss Vacation
and Flex time with an employer?
- How do I market myself? I am 50+ years old have an
MBA and now I hope to be an RD. I am not sure what
approach to take so I don't look like a person who
doesn't know what they want to do with their life.
- What is an appropriate way to approach potential
employers who do not have a job listed? What sort
of things should you say in a letter or phone call to
them?
- What skills, references, previous work experience do
employers value most?
- I would like advice on managing graduate school and
a career.
- How much is negotiable in an interview or hiring
offer? How far can you push without being overly
aggressive?
- What type of opportunities are available in oncology
careers or pediatric careers
- I hear there are lots of unusual ways to use your
degree that are not clinical related. I would love to
hear more about those opportunities.
- What types of jobs are available for geriatric
nutrition? What if I want to be a weight management
counselor should I get a certificate in weight
management? Is it an accepted certificate that
means anything and which do you recommend?
- How do I learn more about the billing process since
most clients will be on insurance?
- How will this workshop apply to students who are
NOT studying Dietetics?
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