Get into the habit of updating your resume on a regular basis. It's hard to look back on former volunteer opportunities, jobs, and internships and remember your exact dates of service, duties and the job description. I've found that it's much easier to talk about your experiences while they are happening rather than try to look back and remember the details. I've also found it helpful to save copies of the job description to help narrow down the most important bullet points to highlight on your resume regarding your contribution to the job or volunteer project.
Also, don't be afraid to ask your friends and family if you can see their
resumes to get different formatting and style ideas. There are a million
different ways to write a resume so look at others and use the internet
to find a style that you like. Just make sure it's concise and to the
point. A quick tip within a tip: if you have a previous career and/or a lot of other
job experiences that are not very relevant to the position that you are
applying for, it's ok to put "selected employment" on your resume and
to highlight those positions that are most relevant to your current
field. I did this on my internship applications without a problem.
Finally, Your resume is also one aspect of the dietetic internship application process that you can clean up and pretty much get ready to go way in advance which makes for one less thing you have to compile during the application process.
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