Careers Growth Chats: Common Early Career Application Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

The Nutrition Graduates Career Growth Sessions are a monthly 30-minute live session designed to support students, recent graduates and early-career nutrition professionals as they navigate the first steps of their career journey. Each session focuses on a single, practical theme from: understanding the nutrition industry to building confidence and developing your professional identity as a nutritionist. 

These sessions focus on the real-world insights, behaviours and industry knowledge that nutrition graduates rarely get access to, the things that shape confidence, clarity and career direction. By strengthening your understanding of the sector and your professional identity, you’ll be better equipped for the practical steps of job-seeking. Please note that these sessions will not be recorded. 

About the host 

These sessions will be hosted by our Development Coordinator & Registered Nutritionist, Haley Bell. Over the past 8 years, she has built a varied career spanning government, academia, industry, communications and consultancy. Her previous roles include work with the Department of Health & Social Care, Eat Well Global, Public Health England, the University of Cambridge and the World Sugar Research Organisation. Haley now works independently as a freelance nutritionist, drawing on her cross sector experience to support organisations through tailored consultancy projects. 

Junes Topic of Discussion is Common Early Career Application Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Early career applications often fall short for reasons that are easy to miss when you are just starting out. In this session, we’ll take a practical look at some of the most common mistakes that hold nutrition graduates back, from misunderstanding the purpose of a role to relying too heavily on academic achievements alone. We’ll explore why these patterns happen, what they may signal to employers and how to approach applications in a more intentional and strategic way.

Applying for jobs but not hearing back? You’re not alone.