E-Portfolios highlight your experience and personal goals so dietetic internship programs can learn more about you. Here are my top 3 e-portfolio tips!
Let’s talk about e-portfolios. These are websites that some programs will ask you to make that highlight your strengths. E-portfolios act as a visual application, including work examples, pictures of you, “in action,” in a dietetics experience, and share your goals and any other appropriate personal information (like your love for baking, for example!).
When putting together the e-portfolio, most applicants use Wix, Weebly, WordPress, or Pressfolios. I think they are all great!
Sample content includes work samples, handouts from experiences, case studies from MNT, a video of you giving a presentation, research papers, resume, pictures from adventures, a goals statement, about-type intro about you and your journey, links to social media if appropriate, and link to a LinkedIn profile.
As with everything in your application, you want to know how to sell yourself with an e-portfolio. When I am reviewing the e-portfolios of my clients (or training coaches on how to do this with their’s), these are the three areas I review:
Visual Appearance
Yes, you will be judged on how nice your portfolio looks. Here are some things to make sure you are doing visually.
- Fonts are the same on every page.
- You follow the sample “template” on each page (header, sub-header, text).
- Include pictures from a variety of experiences.
- Pictures are high-quality.
- Logos (like for experiences) are high-quality.
- Links look clean, and files are appropriately hyperlinked.
Organization
When organizing the different types of content, it needs to be obvious where to find something. Each category should make sense and be well thought out.
- Page sections are separated enough, but not too much (5-7 teams are excellent).
- It is easy to navigate the menu.
- Paragraphs are easy to read, and pages are skimmable.
- Separate large chunks of text with headers included when needed.
Grammar
Of course, grammar is essential here! DUH! My favorite grammar pointers (ha) are below.
- Write picture captions in complete sentences.
- Talk in the first person always.
- Watch for mixing phrases with sentences. Always use complete sentences.
Here are sample e-portfolios that were shared recently on the All Access Internships Facebook group. They should provide much inspiration, but be sure to critique your portfolio in the three areas above.
P.S. Once your e-portfolio is complete, get a portfolio review and more from one of our coaches through getting Matched Coaching!
