Speaker 1 - Mariko Hingston - SFSU Career Counselor
E-mail: mtodd@sfsu.edu Office: Student Services Building Room 206 - When making an appointment give three date and time options, tell her purpose of review - quick questions every mon and tue 10-11 Resume: - lead off bullet points lead with adverbial phrases - don't use italics in case of scannable resume with key word search - 12 pt font - get job description, print, and highlight SKILLS - make sure those skills are represented on resume - relevant: career objective, simple job title (sets clear standard about what you want) -anything below job title, assess what is RELEVANT to what applies to that particular job - under education put relevant class projects: title of one class project SFSU, Fall (etc - lead off with adverbial phrases, especially group projects. Relevant to what internship/hospital applying to - next header, put work (NOT employment) experience - go as far back as what is relevant - if not stated GPA requirement, don't put it - in work world, put what experience is relevant so put class projects and make resume stand out - can still put honors and awards under education, don't over-do it, but definitely put the ones that are appropriate - show competencies - put relevant skill set - activities and associations if there is room, especially if you are an active member *always add a cover letter (similar to personal statement), cover letters write in a more personal way what you have to offer Personal statement: - more details about experiences, drives, personality, how they communicate, what makes them different, what's relevant to the program, short and long term goals, know the program you are applying for: requirements, what they are looking for - write personal statement with a theme and identify a sub theme, be consistent and supply evidence to support the theme, through class projects, volunteer work, etc. Be passionate, committed, enthusiastic, and goals. - Where can you set yourself apart: 1st paragraph, what got you into the field. Lead off with where your interest in dietetics began - why am I passionate, where are motivations. what got me into dietetics, what did I do about it, what will DI think about where I fit into their program - find out how the DI wants your statement to be organized - try to keep in chronological order - give to someone who knows you well and someone who doesn't know you at all - Biggest mistake: overkill, too much info. Edit for content. Don't want reader to lose focus Speaker 2 - Sarah Josef - SFSU DPD Director DICAS: - closed until 2nd week of December - watch video on AND website and read documents listed - Sarah will be getting list of internships, GPA, how many were accepted and she will post - set aside 1/2 hour or hour a week to get organized and fill out info - with DICAS closed, use form on DPD to get info together, then copy and paste into DICAS later - GPA calculations - overall- matters, but not as much as DPD and Science - DPD is what really matters - different on DICAS than our schedule: Prerequisites and foundational together - science are different, keep out sciences that aren't necessary, only DPD - report foundation and science separately (I think, need more) - Transfer transcripts from Community College - DICAS reports all A's as 4.0 (use calculator on DPD, also on SFSU home page) - report classes currently taking as IP Regarding Transcripts: - needs to be sent from college - WATCH VIDEO ON AND WEBSITE - follow process and procedure - don't wait till the last minute, go now and say as soon as the fall grades have been - need to be sent from ALL colleges, send ones you are done with NOW - can check on DICAS to see if they have been received Regarding Reference Letters: - enter into DICAS and they will send the person a form to fill out - make sure you ask the person first - you may upload 4 references, but 3 from each application site - get a community oriented letter, and a clinical oriented letter - 1 from employer or volunteer supervisor - 2 from faculty (need to be in the field) - make sure they know you really well and can be specific to your strengths and weaknesses - most important factor: you want them to know you and can write you a good letter - ask them: do you think you can write me a good letter, are you able, do you need more information - have one letter than is clinically based, hard in our school b/c we don't have too many clinical instructors - often need to educate the employer about what it is that is so crucial that they evaluate them on - references have to be relevant Regarding ACEND form: - waiver statement - VERY IMPORTANT: recommended to waive the right to view letters: you want reference person to write honestly and you are saying that you trust that person will write a good letter - all boxes need to be completed - Educate your references on specific things applicable to the form: what you have done and what you have done really well Requesting Reference Letters: - make the request personally - request deadline is Friday Dec. 13th before the semester ends - ***Documents required: MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE EVERYTHING, form on DPD website - ask what they need ***Make list of strengths and weaknesses*** - not everyone needs to see your personal statement, ask if they want to see it - know what programs and emphasis you are applying to Verification form: - DPD director does it at graduation application check - declaration of intent to complete - get final official transcript - don't worry about it, Sarah will remind us Third Speaker - Wanda Siu-Chan - SFSU Dietetic Internship Director Think about: - what will work best for you - Do you want grad degree - Think about concentration - Distance is good option if you have a connection - LOOK AT APPLICANT GUIDE AND ONLY APPLY TO WHAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET INTO - make sure you look to see what each internship wants (different deadlines, etc) Steps: 1. spring match for fall Feb 15th on D&D 2. DICAS, check deadlines 3. Submit separate packets to each internship you apply for Timeline: - March 31 2014 is last day to change rankings- if interview didn't go well, or it went great - D&D digital is CENTRAL TIME!!! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TIME - Notification time is Sunday, April 6th 2014 at 6PM - If matched, you MUST contact the program by tues April 8th 5PM (time zone) - you can release your name and get contacted by internships for programs that don't fill up Required qualifications FOR SFSU: - supplemental package due Feb 15th with application fee (don't need DPD list for SFSU if you attend SFSU) - Wanda looks 1st at DPD GPA and volunteer and work experience - clinical experience is important (she likes min of 200-250 hours), - she looks at other dietetic experience: community, food service, counseling, customer service, mgmt, shows responsibility, working w/ people - next: life experiences, taking on responsibility, showing flexibility, non-dietetics experience - letter of recommendation: written by someone who seems to know you - if you don't get a phone interview, not really a good sign SFSU Internship Program: - start mid to late August - classes on Mondays - rotations Tues-Friday - 12 grad units of coursework can apply to MA degree at SFSU Thank you to Tiffany Torok for providing these notes!
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