Career Development

Retail Dietitians spend a great deal of time encouraging consumers to shop their stores and consume wholesome meals at home. And while many consumers do have a desire to eat healthier home-cooked meals they often struggle with the broad range of proficiencies required to prepare food at home. Clinicians Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching is an innovative program designed to train Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to teach basic home cooking competencies to patients and consumers.

I’m always excited when I see retailers adding health and wellness and RD programs.  It showcases the commitment to helping shoppers live healthier lives in point-of-purchase environments.  As these programs launch, however, there are bound to be growing pains.  Retailers don’t often know what healthy living programs look like and RDs aren’t initially hired into the retailer at executive levels.  Growing pains.

Have you ever looked back at the past week and wondered, what have you’ve done with your time because the truly important tasks have not been completed? Or have you responded to a work or life situation and felt that you really weren’t being genuine or true to what you believe? These reactions can be exhausting and leave us feeling anxious to say the least. Stephanie Schultz, MSM, RDN, CD, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Skogen’s Festival Foods has experienced some of these situations on her path to leadership and discovered some important insights which have helped her manage the demands of life while being genuinely herself.

Rewriting your resume can be daunting, but is an essential first step in changing career paths and moving into a position in retail dietetics. 

Delivering on the business model of health and wellness at retail is still a challenge and many retail RDs work alone or in a small group of dietitians making a mastermind group an ideal solution for creating of your own sounding board.

Goal setting should not be looked at as a necessary evil, after all, you are collaborating with your leader and team on ways to improve work and drive business success. Here are some tips to keep in mind as you go through the goal setting process.

Whether you’re trying to enter the retail dietetics field, apply for a promotion within your retail company, or looking for your next role, ensuring your resume is up-to-date is crucial.

Again this year, the Retail Dietitians Business Alliance will be partnering with Fleishman Hillard on What’s In Store, an exclusive event hosted during FNCE and for retail dietitians only.  

The 2017 Retail Dietitian Symposium provided an opportunity to connect with peers, learn new ways to engage with shoppers and enhance the work of supermarket dietitians.

Build the skills needed to master salary and benefit negotiations.